Finesilver's Gold: A Jewish Adventure Like No Other

By Ruth Shalett Littman

Finesilver's Gold is a Jewish adventure like no other, It begins in 1894, when Jacob Finesilver, age 19, escapes conscription into the Czar's army by walking from his shtetl, Khotin, in the Ukraine to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916288536
• ISBN13: 9780916288532
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Micah Publications
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

"Goldena Medina"

This was literally the "Goldena Medina"...News of the gold rush influenced Jacob to hike across Russia, through Siberia, across the frozen Bering Sea to Alaska and eventually to the Yukon. What a journey, how brave he was! This was so different from the "usual" immigrant experience...When Malka, his mail-order bride made her trek to the Klondike it too was an interesting experience. The honesty and compassion of all travelers to a woman alone was incredible. I truly enjoyed every moment of this book. It did however, end too soon, I wouldn't mind a sequel! - Temple Emanuel Book Group, Franklin Lakes, NJ

Looking for a new life.

We enjoyed reading this fascinating tale of a Russian Jew seeking his freedom and fortune by walking to Alaska. An amazing tale and well presented by Ruth Littman. The courage and resourcefulness of Finesilver is amazing. However we felt it dragged a little in spots, but over all a good read.

An engrossing narrative of culture, survival, faith, and love, highly recommended.

Finesilver's Gold is a novel about two brave Jewish immigrants, based upon the diaries of the grandparents of author Ruth Littman. Over a hundred years ago, Jacob Finesilver sought to escape conscription into the Czar's army by walking from the Ukraine to the Klondike across the frozen Bering Sea. He nearly died during the perilous journey, and survived only by the kindness of an native Inuit rescuer. A year later, his betrothed braved the same deadly stretch of ice. Together, they marry in a new land and strive to hold on to their Jewish rituals and heritage, in a place where neither of them knows how to discern when Shabbat begins. An engrossing narrative of culture, survival, faith, and love, highly recommended.