The Shoemaker - Paperback

Here is a great read rich in history and vibrant in its human drama as told in Louis Kerbel's own words about life as a young Jewish boy in Czarist Russia who lives through unimaginable violence to his people, then travels to the United States to start a new life.It's passionate narrative provides a unique understanding of a time and place of long ago, along with the human tragedy experienced by the Jewish people, and of the remarkable strength of the human spirit.It will help the reader to better appreciate the life a Jewish immigrant was able to live in a country devoted to individual and religious freedom.