Melting Point Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land Nicole Johnsey Burke leaves to enlist in the

leaves to enlist in the war

a citizen hunted by his own government

Kalman has taken 'the little book' and made it even more elegant and uplifting

Max Allan Collins

Melting Point Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land Nicole Johnsey Burke leaves to enlist in theBy: Rachel Cockerell Published by Picador, 2026 05 05 Long listed for the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non Fiction A New York Times Most Anticipated Book Fabulous . . . One gets a thrilling sense of history unfolding in real time. Matthew Reisz, The Guardian This dazzling, innovative family memoir tells the story of a long lost plan to create a Jewish state in Texas. On June 7, 1907, a ship packed with Russian Jews set sail for a promised land: not