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Harvey Frommer, Visiting Professor, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program
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This novel is told in the voice of a 15-year-old boy who is part of a caravan in Eastern Europe heading toward Jerusalem at the end of the 19th century. He chronicles the hardships that the pilgrims, including holy men, black market dealers, widows, and orphans, confront on the way to a distant harbor. A ship awaits: will it bring them to the Promised Land?