Not by the Sword: How a Cantor and His Family Transformed a Klansman
Автор:Kathryn Watterson Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 384 ISBN: 0803264763 Not by the Sword tells the inspiring true story of how a Jewish cantor and his family changed the life of a virulent white supremacist leader. This riveting account begins in 1991, when Cantor Michael Weisser received his first threatening phone call from Larry Trapp, Grand Dragon of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Nebraska. But Cantor Weisser and his wife, Julie, refused to be intimidated by Trapp's escalating threats. Instead, they made a stunning offer of friendship. After an emotional confrontation with the Weissers, Trapp shocked everyonea??including himselfa??by resigning from the KKK and breaking his ties with other neo-Nazi leaders.Not by the Sword recounts Larry Trappa??s life as a racist, his startling transformation in response to the Weissersa?? kindness, and his subsequent crusade to redeem his past. Kathryn Watterson movingly describes how one family feared, fought, and then forgave a man who had tried to destroy them.This gripping tale gives the reader an...
