Good Reads

[RobertH]

I read it, and it's good.   If you're into Judaica and Holocaust history, it will appeal.   I have a copy that I'll loan out to anyone interested.

I have a book for y’all. It’s a jaw-dropping memoir of a boy and his mother fleeing deportation to a Nazi death camp in WW II Slovakia. I know, not a happy subject but an amazing and exciting tale of courage, perseverance, and survival. It’s “Holocaust Memories: Annihilation and Survival in Slovakia” by Paul Davidovits.

Full disclosure: Paul was my PhD thesis advisor at Yale. He’s 87 now, retired a couple of years ago, and then wrote his memoir. He is a gifted teacher and scientist. Paul talked very little about his past so his story was shocking to me. I suspect he’s kept it bottled up till now. Whether you read it or not I just want you to know the name Professor Paul Davidovits. I’m honored and humbled to call him my friend.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/949323152...948&sr=8-1

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Robert: I'll swap you the S Clay Wilson for this, and the Holocaust one if it interests you - after the weather isn't so beastly!
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.  .  .  .  .  Speaking of Steve E. and his kool memoir, He sent me bodacious book a few weeks ago I just finished this morning and want to recommend as a real barn-burner. It's called "CONGO KITABU" by Jean Pierre Hallet, a larger than life agronimist, anthropologist, and generally amazing character who puts Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Show in the cheap seats in my estimation. If you read it you'll be highly entertained and learn a lot about Africa. SvH