{"product_id":"9781462831401","title":"TEARS OF ICE: The Littlest Soldiers","description":"\u003cp\u003e     Long before Hitler and the Holocaust, the Jews of Russia faced their own relentless terror from Czar Nicolas’ I thirty year (1825-1855) reign. His Rekruchina Decree of 1827 forced 60,000 Jewish children, some as young as ten years of age, into the Russian Imperial Army in hopes of erasing their Jewish religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Tears of Ice is a poignant story following the forced conscription of twelve-year-old Poti Levin.  Torn from his mothers arms by khappers, he was forced on a journey to a military camp in the eastern interior of Russia.  This book delves into what happened to these boys along the route and when they arrived at the camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Poti and the other boys are under the care of the brutal Sergeant Yuri Dominkov, a grizzled veteran of Russia’s many wars.  On their long trip they are befriended by the story telling Private Gai Bosha. This is their story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere have been many love stories,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut this is a story of love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169555628272,"sku":"9781462831401","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462831401_p0.jpg?v=1763678946","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462831401","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}