Jerusalem Journal: Adventures in a Desert Landscape [Paperback]

Joan Campion (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 185 pages
• Publisher: PublishAmerica (September 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1606728431
• ISBN-13: 978-1606728437
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,920,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joan Campion (1940- ) was born in Pennsylvania's "Dutch" country, and grew up in a valley of farms which has since been nearly obliterated by shopping centers and housing developments. Her family was not deeply involved with its Pennsylvania Dutch heritage, but she has become more interested in it with the passing years. Today she sometimes refers to herself as "Anglo-Pennsylvania Dutch."
Always interested in history, she was stunned as a very young child by her first encounter with news of the Nazi Holocaust. Her first published book was "In The Lion's Mouth: Gisi Fleischmann and the Jewish Fight For Survival". This was followed by "Smokestacks and Black Diamonds", a widely admired history of her native Carbon County. Most recently she has put out "Jerusalem Journal: Adventures In a Desert Landscape", which she describes as a "historical travel memoir that a lot of people have enjoyed".
Campion is working on a memoir on her youth in the now-"developed" (i.e., destroyed) Mahoning Valley.
She loves to read history and fantasy--anything, she says "that will take me to exotic places no road leads to."
Places, in short, like Middlearth and Ancient Rome.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Adventurous and Scary at the same time........, January 26, 2009

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M. Gillyard "DaConciousChick" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jerusalem Journal: Adventures in a Desert Landscape (Paperback)

Jerusalem Journal is a story about a woman that takes a trip to the Middle East. She decided to write about the trip in a diary. The story covers her adventures and the different people that she meets on the journey. Also, the main character in the book finds out as an adult that she had ADD and this explains some of her behavior as a kid. Joan Campion was very brave to follow her dreams and didn't let anyone hold her back. This is a very powerful story and gives an inside look to the culture in the Middle East.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A brave womans adventures!, January 24, 2009

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Rseifert - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jerusalem Journal: Adventures in a Desert Landscape (Paperback)

Joan Campion lets us in on her adventurous trip to what seems to be an always dangerous area on this planet,The Middle East. Her journey starts in the Arab country of Jordan and concludes in the Israeli owned city of Tel Aviv. From start to finish, you will join her in the wonderful sights, the fears, the friends she makes, and even the taste of the falafel. What makes this story even more interesting, is the fact that Joan takes this trip by herself. This means, that she has to rely on her wits and the new friends she makes to keep, and get her out of the troubles she encounters. This is a fast, interesting read, but that is what you can expect from one of Joan's books.