Editing Mac Raboy (section)

==Early life==
Raboy was born in [[New York City]] on April 9, 1914, to a [[American Jewish|Jewish]] family.<ref name="frankel">{{cite book |last1=Frankel |first1=Valerie Estelle |title=Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1945: Immigrants in the Golden Age |date=2021 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |page=177 |isbn=9781793637130 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wkIxEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22lou+fine%22+jewish&pg=PA177 |access-date=22 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="Hill2019">{{cite book|author=Roger Hill|title=Mac Raboy: Master of the Comics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qZW8DwAAQBAJ|date=6 November 2019|publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing|id=GGKEY:2H2R5Z720P0}}</ref> (The April 9 date is taken from Roger Hill's biography ''Mac Raboy: Master of the Comics''. His birthdate has also been cited as April 17, 1914, in other sources.<ref name=SSDI>Social Security Death Index, SS# 075-14-1435</ref> Hill's biography also gives his birth name as "Manuel",<ref name="Hill2019"/> but Friedman's book ''Heroes Of The Comics'' lists it as "Emmanuel."<ref name="df"/>) Raboy's father had emigrated from [[Romania]]; the family name's spelling was changed from "Raboi". His father worked in a hat factory before moving to [[North Dakota]] for a time to work as a blacksmith and horse handler. He moved to [[Connecticut]] to work on the family dairy farm, and finally settled in [[the Bronx]]. His father wrote poetry, political essays, and several books, including ''The Jewish Cowboy,'' about his North Dakota experience.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raboy, Isaac {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/raboy-isaac |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>