Other Books

My first book Chana's Legacy, was a gift to
my father, Charley Karpman who was a
marvelous story-teller. In 2002, his memory
had started to succumb to Alzheimer's
dementia. His mother, Chana Karpman, had
demanded a prenuptial agreement with my
grandfather in 1907. Her conditions were that
he had to emigrate from their home in Russia
to the United States after their children were
born, to earn passage for the rest of them to
follow.
She wanted her children, especially the girls,
to have quality secular educations. Chana's
Legacy follows their Odyssey by hay wagon
through wolf infested forests, across Siberia
and Manchuria to Vladivostok, Yokohama,
Vancouver and Hartford, Connecticut.

Noni, Baloney, Puddin' & Pie, is an anthology of travel
and food personal essays, stories and factual articles,
many of which had been previously published in magazines
and newspapers. Noni is the name our oldest grandchildren
called Joan when they began to talk.

Booklocker published the book on a print-on-demand basis.
It remains available through their web site, Amazon.com,
Barnes & Noble.com and through your local bookstore
which can order it directly from Ingram. It continues to
garner favorable reviews and comments four years after
publication.

She was a thirty-two year old woman traveling with
six young children in pursuit of a dream. She
managed to keep Kosher during the trip. Testimony
to her tenacity and vision resides in Chana's Legacy.
Dad was five when the trip began. It is unclear how
many of the incidents were actual memory, and how
many were oft-told family stories. I padded his tales
with information from his two surviving siblings and
from personal research, but tried to maintain his
story telling style. I originally self published three
hundred copies for family and friends, but word of
mouth created more demand and it sold through
Amazon, Booklocker and Barnes & Noble on line for a
few more years. It is now out of print but is being
considered for a screen play.