Wapasha and the Rabbi Dr. Howard Selden Wapasha and the Rabbi Price: US $16.95, CAN $18.99 Dr. Howard Selden Health/ Humor ISBN No: 9780984619597 This contemporary story, Wapasha and the Rabbi, mirrors the lives of a small group, while reflecting on the universal power of the past to influence human lives. This is poignantly revealed not only in the stories told by the two protagonists, but also in the stories told by some of the young people who share their lives with Rabbi Isak Cohen on an isolated farm in the back country of Texas. Wapasha-a full-blooded American Indian and the last Shaman of a dwindling Karankawan tribe-gained a medical school education and is a practicing country doctor. The encounter of the Rabbi and Wapasha stunningly uncovers their compatible religious heritage, albeit from diametrically polar backgrounds. The Rabbi is a product of a European Jewish youth, while Wapasha's Jewish faith was brought to the New World centuries earlier by a young Jew who had fled the Spanish Inquisition (as told in Selden's first book of the series, The Shaman and the Jew). The supportive relationship that evolves between the Rabbi (a Holocaust survivor) and Wapasha (a Vietnam War veteran) is central to the tale. Though the cause of their post-traumatic anguish is different, they recognize that their lingering and distressing emotional responses are the same. About The Author Formerly an officer in the United States Army, Selden is the author of over thirty scientific papers published in Dentistry's Journal of Endodontics. His career spanned more than thirty years as a practicing Dental specialist and he is a former Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Endodontology, Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, Pa. An avid reader of publications of every genre, Selden blends his long-term interest in history with an active imagination that allows him to place fictitious characters within an authentic historical framework that instructs as well as entertains. Despite such a productive career, Selden, a long-time alpine ski enthusiast, managed to find time in his active schedule to enjoy winter vacations with his wife, Tamara and their three children.