Honored by this testimonial. Thanks Gene,

HONORED TO HAVE THIS TESTIMONIAL:

“Ben Frank has made skillful use of his longtime expertise in researching the cultural and religious history of the far-flung diaspora of the Jewish people throughout the world and creating this credible and compelling novel about a passionate  young woman…”

 

 Gene Sosin, Ph.D., is a former senior executive of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

 

“Klara’s Journey” (Marion Street Press)

 

“betrayal, high drama, love!”

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Brest-Litovsk & The Russian Civil War

In December 1917, the Bolsheviks signed an armistice with  Germany and Austria. A few months later, the new Communist government would sign the treaty of Brest-Litovsk formally ending Russia’s involvement in World War I. Although out of a foreign war, Russia then entered another bloody conflict, a Civil War, that would cause the death of seven to ten million persons. That is the backdrop of “Klara’s Journey,” an historical novel and a story of “betrayal, high drama and love.” Available wherever books are sold and on all ebook formats. http://amzn.to/13Sp769 Also,nook, ipad,Kobo,etc.

 

Lest We Forget, The Battle of the Bulge,

LEST WE FORGET: About 1 million American World War II veterans are still alive. We should honor them this month, including those who fought in The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945). The battle was   a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium., France and Luxembourg on the western front. The battle involved about 610,000 American men of whom some 89,000 were casualties, including 19,000 killed. It was the largest and bloodiest battle fought by the United States in the Second World War.  That war is certainly a topic in “The Scattered Tribe: Traveling the Diaspora from Cuba to India to Tahiti & Beyond.” (Globe Pequot Press). http://amzn.to/J3Z47T  Check out my blog at www.bengfrank.blogspot.com “I Travel the World.” Follow me on twitter @bengfrank :   

 

Lest We Forget, 110 Years ago.

LEST WE FORGET: Of all the pogroms that rocked Tsarist Russia, the one in Kishinev in 1903 is one of the most infamous. In that pogrom, 110 years ago, 49 Jews were killed, 500 injured and 1,500 homes and shops were vandalized in this city that at that time was the capital of Bessarabia. (That city, the capital of Moldova, is now called Chisinau.) The collapse of the Russian government began with the Kishinev pogrom, as it showed  the “ghastly rottenness” of the Tsar’s government.. Klara, of “Klara’s Journey,” (Marion Street Press) will witness the collapse in 1917. “Klara’s Journey,”available on all ebook formats, http://amzn.to/13Sp769 Also,nook, ipad,Kobo,etc.And wherever books are sold.

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CYBER WEEK CONTINUES:

 

Honored to have this comment:

 

 “…Another brave heroine – and another harrowing adventure – is depicted in Klara’s Journey (Marion Street Press) by Ben G. Frank. A veteran journalist and travel writer, Frank is at his best when explaining the historical circumstances in which his title character finds herself. At the beginning of almost every chapter, he sets the scene, describing what (really) took place at that time and/or place, quoting from historians and offering fascinating lessons about the events leading up to and just following the Russian Civil War….” Cynthia Ramsay, Jewish Independent, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

 

“Klara’s Journey,” an historical novel.

 

Makes a  great holiday gift.  Available on all ebook formats, http://amzn.to/13Sp769 Also,nook, ipad,Kobo,etc.And wherever books are sold.