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When his father dies under suspicious circumstances in a fire that guts a Jerusalem apartment, the son sets out to piece together the fragments of his father’s shadowy past. Many of the events in this fascinating and suspenseful novel are based on actual historical events disclosed for the very first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalia Bilu (translator from Hebrew) and Aron Shai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54336522322230,"sku":"9789652294531","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/2092\/2422\/files\/i70655.2732.jpg?v=1785308103"},{"product_id":"of-guns-and-mules","title":"Of Guns and Mules","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen eighteen-year-old David Levi is arrested together with his father and friends and deported from their home in Palestine by the Turks, none of them knows what the future holds. But their spirits soar when they are offered the chance to enlist with the newly formed Zion Mule Corps, a service unit of Jewish soldiers commanded by the legendary ex-Russian war hero Joseph Trumpeldor. Their orders: to help the British army in its WWI Gallipoli offensive. David and his friends grow to manhood in the trenches, fighting first in the Zion Mule Corps and later with Zev Jabotinsky s dream unit, the Jewish Legion. Fighting from the Jerusalem Hills to Es-Salt, and from Es-Salt to Um Es-Shert near the Dead Sea, the Jewish Legion makes a significant contribution to General Allenby s successful drive to expel the Turks from Palestine. This eminently readable historical novel takes us on a journey to the dawning of the modern State of Israel, leading up to the days of the British Mandate for Palestine. Narrated with humor, gripping battle scenes, and a touching love story, Of Guns and Mules makes the history of pre-state Israel come alive. 1914: The Ottoman Turks rule the Holy Land; the French and British are determined to wrest control from the Empire. Enter the Zion Mule Corps – the first organized Jewish army unit since the Maccabees. They fought the Turks at Gallipoli under the command of Irishman Lieutenant Colonel John Henry Patterson, but when ordered to help put down anti-British riots in Ireland, they refused…some may have called them 'terrorists' but these soldiers didn't target civilians. The great contributions made by these soldiers have been lost to time. They are no longer with us to tell their stories, the subject is not taught in schools and much of the historical record is not in English, said author, teacher and historian David Young. Many of Israel's military and civilian leaders first cut their teeth as soldiers in the Zion Mule Corps and the Legion. 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