"Marshall Pearl is orphaned at birth on an immigrant ship off the coast of Palestine in 1947, then brought to americanca. His experiences take him from the Hudson River Valley, to Harvard, to sea on a British merchant ship, then finally back to his birthplace, where he serves as an Israeli soldier in the Yom Kippur War. "Superb ... A first-rate odyssey, full of insight and humor and hard-earned truths" (San Francisco Chronicle)."
""An orphaned immigrant's experiences take him from the Hudson River Valley to Harvard, off to sea on a British merchant ship, then finally back to his birthplace, where he serves as an Israeli soldier in the Yom Kippur War."--Book description, Amazon.com."
"Marshall Pearl, brought to America as an infant after being orphaned in 1947 aboard an illegal immigrant ship off the coast of Palestine, travels a wandering path as he grows up which leads him finally to Israel where he confronts the meaning of his birth."
"Born on an illegal immigrant ship off the Palestinian coast in 1947 and raised by wealthy Americans, Marshall Pearl makes his way through loves, vacations, visions, troubles, triumphs, and adventure after adventure toward the October War of 1973."
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