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Siberian Odyssey: Part One: The Exiles - Couverture souple

Levy, Laura

 
9781420814965: Siberian Odyssey: Part One: The Exiles
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1420814966 ISBN 13 : 9781420814965
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2005

Synopsis

The history of the author's maternal ancestors in early Siberia provides the focus of this wide ranging book. From unjustly exiled Russians to Polish immigrants, the cavalcade of characters comes together in far eastern Siberia. Each person's unique experience and personality illuminates the travels and meetings that produced this particular family line. They were all part of the diverse group of people who settled there before 1885, known as Old Settlers or Siberiaks. The book provides a fascinating insight into those times, as well as depicting the hardships that were part of being Jewish in 19th century Russia.Part One of Siberian Odyssey, subtitled The Exiles, begins when Joseph Sadovitch, a rabbi turned wine clerk, is exiled to Siberia for striking a policeman who ignores looters during a fire in a Jewish home. He is arrested, tried and sentenced to permanent exile in Siberia. From then on he will be considered as one dead. He faces a grim future, leaving home, wife and children, to join a band of other exiles for a two-year march to the far east, a distance of over 4,000 miles. A widowed tailor from Zhitomir, a young fur trapper, son of an exile, and others intersect and connect with Joseph's story.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The history of the author's maternal ancestors in early Siberia provides the focus of this wide ranging book. From unjustly exiled Russians to Polish immigrants, the cavalcade of characters comes together in far eastern Siberia. Each person's unique experience and personality illuminates the travels and meetings that produced this particular family line. They were all part of the diverse group of people who settled there before 1885, known as Old Settlers or Siberiaks. The book provides a fascinating insight into those times, as well as depicting the hardships that were part of being Jewish in 19th century Russia.Part One of Siberian Odyssey, subtitled The Exiles, begins when Joseph Sadovitch, a rabbi turned wine clerk, is exiled to Siberia for striking a policeman who ignores looters during a fire in a Jewish home. He is arrested, tried and sentenced to permanent exile in Siberia. From then on he will be considered as one dead. He faces a grim future, leaving home, wife and children, to join a band of other exiles for a two-year march to the far east, a distance of over 4,000 miles. A widowed tailor from Zhitomir, a young fur trapper, son of an exile, and others intersect and connect with Joseph's story.

Biographie de l'auteur

The author of this fictionalized family biography, a retired superior court law clerk, began her writing career during her first three years attending Pacific University in Oregon where she edited the campus newspaper and the literary magazine. Later she graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.A. in literature and writing. A voracious reader, she has written stories most of her life. But in middle age, after interviewing her mother in depth, she became mesmerized by the stories of her maternal ancestors and began the reading and intense research necessary to bring this remarkable family odyssey to life. Relying on additional information gathered by her father many years ago and genealogical records assembled by her brother David, she was able to piece together an intimate picture of the struggles, tragedies and triumphs of people and times long gone. Ms. Chamberlin Levy lives in San Francisco, has three children and one grandson.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1420814966
ISBN 13 
9781420814965
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
376
Coordonnées du fabricant
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