Table of Contents
Note to Reader ix
Part I The East
Chapter 1 Ancestors 1
Chapter 2 Comrade Rakow 15
Chapter 3 Decoding the Past 23
Chapter 4 First Arrest 29
Chapter 5 Keep Your Enemy Close 35
Chapter 6 Exile 39
Chapter 7 Where the Heart is 46
Chapter 8 Sacrifice 53
Chapter 9 Black and White 67
Chapter 10 Siberia 74
Chapter 11 First Love 82
Chapter 12 Sorrow 88
Chapter 13 Pride 94
Chapter 14 Survival 100
Chapter 15 The Tears Will Never Dry 111
Chapter 16 There Are No Words 115
Part II The West
Chapter 17 Comrades Everywhere 123
Chapter 18 Finding Your People 132
Chapter 19 Land of the Free 138
Chapter 20 Torn Apart 146
Chapter 21 Kismet 153
Chapter 22 So Close, So Far 160
Chapter 23 Windy City 165
Chapter 24 Toldot 176
Chapter 25 Revolution 179
Chapter 26 The Issues 183
Chapter 27 A Rose by Another Name 186
Chapter 28 Vows 197
Chapter 29 The Fall 201
Chapter 30 Taking a Stand 205
Chapter 31 We the People 210
Epilogue 215
Acknowledgments 217