Stranger In The Desert - Jordan Salama

Inspired By Family Lore, A Young Writer Embarks On An Epic Quest Through The Argentine Andes In Search Of A Heritage Spanning Hemispheres And Centuries, From The Jewish Levant To Turn-of-the-century Trade Routes In South America One Thanksgiving Afternoon At His Grandparentsrsquo; House, Jordan Salama Discovers A Large Binder Stuffed With Yellowing Papers And Old Photographsmdash;a Five-hundred-year Wandering History Of His Arab-jewish Family, From Moorish Spain To Ottoman Syria To Argentina And Beyond. One Story In Particular Captures His Attention: That Of His Great-grandfather, A Syrian-born, Arabic-speaking Jewish Immigrant To Argentina Who In The 1920s Worked As A Traveling Salesman In The Andesmdash;and May Have Left Behind Forgotten Descendants Along The Way. Encouraged By His Grandfather, Jordan Goes In Search Of These Lost Salamas, Traveling More Than A Thousand Miles Up The Spine Of South Americarsquo;s Greatest Mountain Range.