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Acknowledgments
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The events in this book occurred nearly twenty-five years ago. That I am able to recount them in such vivid detail is due entirely to the faith that my parents had that I would someday commit the adventure to print.They preserved my letters, journals, photographs, and newspaper and magazine articles. My mother even transcribed the most worn and weather-beaten pages, word for word, in her own graceful script. If I had retained possession of my records of the journey, they would have gone down with the ship and been lost forever. My mom simply believed that my telling this story was bashert, Yiddish for “meant to be.” I gratefully acknowledge the following people for their support and inspiration; without them this manuscript might never have completed the long journey to publication: Sheila McMahon, the editor who saw the book in my story MaryLee Dungan and Susan Milne, my computer gurus Steven Milne, for creating the map of the voyage Tom Barnett, for chapter 5 Tobi Sisman, for watching over the home front Denise LeVine, my first reader Rigel and Hallie, the reason Joey, for the next great adventure Acknowledgments xiii ...