TY - SER
KW - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
KW - medical students
KW - Jewish Americans
AU - Erwin Arnovitz
AB - During promotional interviews for his first novel, Of Oil and Blood, Erwin Arnovitz stated he had just completed a semi-autobiographical second novel. “[‘The Venomed Spear’] traces the life of a young Jew through his school days,” says The American Jewish Outlook, “and eventually to medical school. The theme of the new book is intolerance.”
C1 - 1920s-40s
C2 - unpublished
C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Oakland; University of Pittsburgh; McKeesport
C4 - Literary; Coming-of-Age
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - During promotional interviews for his first novel, Of Oil and Blood, Erwin Arnovitz stated he had just completed a semi-autobiographical second novel. “[‘The Venomed Spear’] traces the life of a young Jew through his school days,” says The American Jewish Outlook, “and eventually to medical school. The theme of the new book is intolerance.”
PY - 1951
RN - Erwin Arnovitz (1920-86), born in McKeesport, Allegheny County, earned his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Pittsburgh. He practiced medicine in the Monongahela Valley.
TI - The Venomed Spear
ER -