[okie01]

"Yep...I need to get another copy. Mine's falling apart! :-)"

Now that I think about it, what made "From Beirut to Jerusalem" so engaging (and educating) was the naivete of the author -- how the author of yesterday careened from car-bombing to massacre in the process of discovering himself and the underlying truth of the Middle East.

Ironically, the columnist of today seemingly retains his naivete about these matters...

[Cathryn Crawford]

I know - I agree with you. It was the first book I had really read about the Middle East and the crisis there, and it left a deep impression - I think because I went through the learning process with him, as it were. He and I both started by knowing very little, and by the end of the book I felt I had learned what he had learned and gone through the experiences with him.

I remember, I stayed up nights to read it and took it to school with me. It was very intriguing. The writing style was perfect and it kept me hooked. Almost like a novel; but not quite. Difficult to explain.