John Bartel: 2 books

Learning about ones ancestors can be fulfilling and enlightening. It can also be the beginning of an engrossing novel that combines truth and fiction to create a compelling story. John Bartels Jew traces his Jewish family from biblical times to the end of World War II. You will cry in despair...

The first three chapters of the book offer the author's depiction of his life leading up to his cryptic odyssey through various countries and continents of the world. The symptoms and signs of his mental illness are evident throughout the book, but they do not detract from a reader's comprehension...