The Tomato Smuggler - Myers, Mark Lee
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A son's tribute. His father waged war without bullets, triumphing over communist oppression during Dictator Ceaüescu's final decade in rural Romania. Communism robbed freedom, so Nicolae's father led the family to subtle and overt resistance to retain their dignity. The Cismigiu family built a thriving tomato business and smuggled tomatoes to market to survive. Creatively defying tyranny brought harassment and intimidation directed at what was most valued: family, a prized workhorse, and their tomato farm. Zeal to keep the spirit of freedom alive came at a cost many could not pay, even the…mehr

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A son's tribute. His father waged war without bullets, triumphing over communist oppression during Dictator Ceaüescu's final decade in rural Romania. Communism robbed freedom, so Nicolae's father led the family to subtle and overt resistance to retain their dignity. The Cismigiu family built a thriving tomato business and smuggled tomatoes to market to survive. Creatively defying tyranny brought harassment and intimidation directed at what was most valued: family, a prized workhorse, and their tomato farm. Zeal to keep the spirit of freedom alive came at a cost many could not pay, even the death of a friend during one of their harrowing, midnight tomato smugglings. Joy and sorrow were interwoven into the fabric of the family's life story, but they focused on happiness and contentment. Grandpa always believed the Americans would come and liberate Romania after WWII but never lived to see the day. Ironically, his dream did come true. It skipped a generation and impacted Nicolae.
Autorenporträt
Mark and his wife, Jeanette, were childhood sweethearts and have shared a great life together. Mark loves the realism of life stories. It is his honor to capture and preserve them. He is an explorer at heart, receiving immense satisfaction from meeting people and sharing their love of life, song of spirit, and struggles of endurance-the things that make them uniquely different and yet so similar. Mark writes to give others the gift he gives to himself: a deepened curiosity and broadened perspective. I'm at home with a poor man, At ease with a king, And I fit right in with all those in-between. - Mark Lee Myers, 1981