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Jack Kamen was born in 1913 above his father's harness shop in Brownsville, a Yiddish-speaking section of Brooklyn. He brings that lost world to life in this humorous, heartwarming, historical collection of family stories with universal appeal.
Jack bares all as he reveals secrets of the Enchanted Outhouse, the Mysterious Yeshiva Fire, and the Great Thanksgiving Fraud. Learn why Jack was in the Oval Office one month and jail the next...why Uncle Youssel sold his soul...and how Jack saved his hide when the Manhater's Club discovered him eavesdropping. Jack's greatest secret--his formula for health, happiness, and longevity--is hidden in every story. It's his attitude, and it's contagious. Read it... Catch it... Pass it on. "These stories will have you laughing out loud...Highly recommended as a gift for elders, teachers (any grade), anyone interested in history or families, your children, or for yourself!" - Dr. Kathleen E. Kain, Ph.D., Columbia, SC (drkain@sciencespiders.com) |
Heirloom Stories from the Harnessmaker's Son
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 | Experience life in Tagancha, a Russian shtetl, in the late 1800s. |
| Learn the Harnessmaker's tricks for survival in...and desertion from the Tzar's army. |
| Hear the magic words that saved his family from massacre by Cossacks. |
| Escape to America with the Harnessmaker using bribes, forged papers, and assumed names. |
"I'm ordering copies for all my Hebrew High students."
- Rabbi
Arthur Zuckerman, Congregation Beth Am, Del Mar, CA
"My grandparents also came from Russia and I didn't get to hear their stories.
I treasure the cultural history in this book."
-Jacquie Lowell, M. Ed,
(http://www.jacquielowell.com)
| Hear Maurice's secret. He didn't want his parents to see his yeshiva report card, so he set the teacher's desk on fire. More than seventy years ago, Jack swore he wouldn't tell anyone. Should he be worried now? It's not good to have Maurice angry with you. |
| Learn Jack's trick for escaping his mother's pinching fingers. He dove under his bed, plastered himself against the wall, and stayed out of her reach for a few minutes. Eighty years later, he still thinks he outsmarted her. |
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"It's a good thing you can't smell that sheepskin," Jack warns. "Every baby in Brownsville was photographed on it."
