Russian playwright and historian Radzinsky mines sources never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the monarch; and a minute-by-minute account of his terrifying last days.
#1063587 in Books 1989-08-01 1989-08-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.75 x 7.50 x .25l; #File Name: 038524447945 pages
Review
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. The way back to ChelmBy Alyssa A. LappenI had no idea when I watched Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop on television as a child that her grandfather was a rabbi. So we learn in the introduction to this charming book. "I found myself weeping as I read of the indomitable spirit with which endless generations of Jews have faced a hostile world;" she writes.The book includes 20 stories; none more than two pages; and several of them related; touchingly; in only one. Several are Biblical; such as Abraham and the idols; how Moses became a stutterer; Jonah and Ninevah and one of David. Children will also delight in Solomon's lesson about the importance of small creatures.Other tales are Talmudic; for example one about the boy who prays with a flute.Still others are humorous; like the tale of the cobbler from Chelm: On a trip from Chelm to the big city; he falls asleep under a tree; but first points his boots toward Warsaw so he'll know which way to go when he awakens. As he sleeps; a branch dangling from the side of a wagon turns the boots around. When he wakes; the toes point towards Chelm so he follows them back home. He arrives thinking; "Why is Warsaw so famous? This is no different than Chelm."Kids love these stories so much that our copy is falling apart.--- Alyssa A. Lappen
