Sheldon Greene

Sheldon

Greene

Author of Lost and Found and The Seed Apple

Tamar

A Historical Coming of Age Novel of a Jewish Native American Woman in Post-Civil War California

Tamar, my latest novel, awarded the silver medal for family saga fiction- Global Book Awards.

“Tamar by Sheldon Greene – full subtitle, A Historical Coming of Age Novel of a Jewish Native American Woman in Post-Civil War California – depicts the tumultuous journey of a Jewish/American Indian community who find themselves dispossessed of their ancestral land. The story intimately follows the leader of the community, Tamar, as she navigates such unprecedented events: the building of a railroad, settlers, war, and the relocation of her people to an industrialized world. An inspiring, visceral novel, Tamar will leave you breathless with its wholly unique perspective on this period of history. The dichotomy Greene creates between artificial America and Tamar’s community further illuminates life’s most fundamental modes of survival– self-sufficiency, community, love, and resilience – for a profoundly stirring work of historical fiction.“

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OUR LIVES #2 – Finding Eldorado in Florida

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OUR LIVES #1 – The comforts of routine

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Choosing a President/Upping the Game

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Does God Exist?

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Sheldon Greene

Sheldon Greene started young. He was appointed Warden of Insurance of the State of Ohio at age 23. A public interest lawyer, Greene pursued seminal issues literally decades before they achieved national attention, such as our flawed health delivery system, the impact of illegal immigration on the economy, renewable energy, and our public land policies. Greene was a participant in the first Obama national policy team for both immigration and energy. He was one of the founders of the New Israel Fund and helped formulate its unique structure drawing on his experience as General Counsel of California Rural Legal Assistance. He is an executive in a wind energy development company and has been actively engaged in renewable energy for over 25 years. He advocates the formulation of a God concept derived from the life process. He has developed personal guidelines for a balanced, seamless life with spiritual, intellectual, social, and creative dimensions. He is the author of seven published novels.

Of the seven novels already published, six have strong Jewish content. The topics range widely from fact-based to flights of imagination. Lost and Found and Waiting for the Messiah chronicle the lives of the Jewish community of a Western Pennsylvania town. Topics explored include aid by Jews to the American Revolution, (Pursuit of Happiness), Jewish influence on Pre-Columbian culture, (The Seed Apple), World War II Jewish partisans, the illegal immigration to Palestine, the Israeli War of Independence (Prodigal Sons). One of the novels, (Burnt Umber) moves from Pre-World War I Germany to Berkeley California during the Viet Nam war with the German artist, Franz Marc and a fact-based Jewish artist and Cal professor as the principal characters. A major theme is the empowerment of women in the 20thCentury. Yet another novel (After the Parch) describes California in the near future after the dissolution of the United States.