University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Great Plains Quarterly Great Plains Studies, Center for 2013 Family, Ethnic Entrepreneurship, And The Lebanese Of Kansas Jay M. Price Wichita State University,
[email protected] Sue Abdinnour Wichita State University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsquarterly Part of the American Studies Commons, Cultural History Commons, and the United States History Commons Price, Jay M. and Abdinnour, Sue, "Family, Ethnic Entrepreneurship, And The Lebanese Of Kansas" (2013). Great Plains Quarterly. 2513. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsquarterly/2513 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Great Plains Studies, Center for at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Great Plains Quarterly by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Great Plains Quarterly 33:3 (Summer 2013) © 2013 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska FAMILY, ETHNIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND THE LEBANESE OF KANSAS JAY M. PRICE AND SUE ABDINNOUR ing the accommodations, however, Handuma no- As they entered the elegant lobby of the Waldorf ticed a major problem that had to be addressed Astoria, Elias G. Stevens and his wife, Handuma, right away. She insisted they find a grocery store, must have marveled at how their lives turned and the family headed out. A while later, the Ste- out. They had both been born and raised in what vens entourage returned, marching through one was once the Ottoman province of Syria. They of the most sophisticated hotels in the country had come to the United States at the turn of the carrying bags loaded with provisions.