tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745804443775068116.post7704006312854461985..comments2023-10-20T08:05:26.320-07:00Comments on The Accidental Anarchist (or, This Way to the Firing Squad): The Initiative for Moral CourageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745804443775068116.post-52050806740001851172011-11-03T14:22:22.234-07:002011-11-03T14:22:22.234-07:00The Initiative forMoral Courage (IMC) piece you wr...The Initiative forMoral Courage (IMC) piece you wrote here made me think of the movie "V for Vendetta" because when I saw that again recently I was forced to ask myself "What would I do?" I think when people reflect on past tragedies of genocide it's easier to say "I'd have done this or that" but in seeing something that appears to be going on now in many ways, I really asked myself the question, and I hope I'd do what I told myself I would! I'd like to think so. joshKnoxTNYankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18210735389977413450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745804443775068116.post-26941479782490017572011-11-03T14:16:21.110-07:002011-11-03T14:16:21.110-07:00Bryna, I finally got my Amazon Review up for "...Bryna, I finally got my Amazon Review up for "The Accidental Anarchist." Sorry I took so long. It's been a tough year. It said it'll take about 48 hours to appear. So you don't have to wait here it is: Some may at first be taken aback by my calling this an "American Story"-but ultimately, it is, and if you read it you shall see why. Jakob Marateck is the kind of person we'd all like to be-without going through that which formed his Character. Whether you're interested in Adventure, War Stories, History (Polish, Russian, Military, Jewish, Asian),Theology [Judaism & Christianity], Philosophy, Autobiography/Biography-or even Romance, "The Accidental Anarchist" is for you. Whichever of these divergent topics you wish to become engrossed in, you'll be taken on a voyage of Survival-and with many laughs all along the way as the narrator leads you through diverse worlds. We start out with the author as an adolescent: unsure of what he wants to do, though wholly sure of what he does not wish to! All of this is of no consequence, for Russia's Tsar Nicholas II has plans for this young man from Vishograd, Poland, and thus begin his years of death-defying experiences beginning with the Russo-Japanese War in 1905(the topic I was interested in). The story is one of survival and perseverance, and a testament to the fortitude of the Human Spirit Even as a non-Jew, for me , the story is a testament to the Power of Prayer and Faith-the writer's, which is all I can attribute to what allows Jakob Marateck to carry him through the most hellishly violent. cold, and unjust situations of suffering-and always told with a humorous Mark Twain-like perspective of experience and self-effacing critique. I call this an American Story because ultimately the writer is an American, telling the tales only the Old among us can. Every time I feel challenged now I think back with admiration of Jakob Marateck and how he persevered, and it gives me a pang of shame for perhaps giving up too easily when things look daunting for myself (slightly re: The Accidental Anarchist). If you read "The Long Walk" or saw its movie, "The Way Back," you will have a sense of Jakob Marateck's challenges and toughness, but remember that his journey was decades before, and he was alone, and he was Jewish in Anti-Semitic Russia (Europe in general). When you finish the book you shall find the Romance and also an American Dream come true. If you love Adventure you will love this book! My new email is jehugo66@gmail.comKnoxTNYankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18210735389977413450noreply@blogger.com