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Refiner's fire: The life and adventures of Marshall Pearl, a foundling
Refiner's fire The life and adventures of Marshall Pearl a foundling Author:Mark Helprin Marshall Pearl is orphaned at birth on an immigrant ship off the coast of Palestine in 1947, then brought to americanca. His experiences take him from the Hudson River Valley, to Harvard, to sea on a British merchant ship, then finally back to his birthplace, where he serves as an Israeli soldier in the Yom Kippur War. “Superb...A first-ra... more »te odyssey, full of insight and humor and hard-earned truths” (San Francisco Chronicle).« less