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Book Review

"We can achieve the American Dream if we dare to

passionately and relentlessly pursue it."

Book cover to The Potato Peeler by Paul P. Rachmanides.

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“Dream the impossible, then catch up with it.”

“It can be done.”

 

Imagine growing up in another country. Imagine that your dream is to leave your country for America. Now imagine making your dream a reality, all the while knowing exactly none of the official language, English, knew no one and had very little money.

 

 

 

In this inspiring tale, Paul Rachmanides, a Greek immigrant to the United States of America, the country of his dreams, relates his incredible experience of doing exactly that. After graduating from high school in 1967, Paul served honorably in the Greek Special Forces as a Second Lieutenant and graduated from both the Ranger and Jump schools. Paul received a Masters Degree in business in 1979 and worked for CBS Records Int’l in Europe for one year, resigned so he could return to his dream country, the USA. After experiencing his own 20 year Odyssey, he is today a very successful small business owner. Paul believes that America is full of promise and opportunity, and both must be pursued relentlessly, regardless of the resources on hand.

 

 

 

Written with words and imagery which leap off the page, instantly transporting the reader to the early-1970s and the newfound world of a bright-eyed, ambitious, eager young man, The Potato Peeler is a work in the tradition of Horatio Alger, G.A. Henry, William Adams, and others who have written of individuals who overcome the odds to achieve great success.

 

 

 

Filled with insights into human nature, valuable life-lessons, and colorful episodes, this literary debut from a first-generation, proud American is part self-help, part personal history, part philosophy, part success story and altogether entirely enjoyable. Th e story that unfolds through-out is one of a young man’s personal Odyssey and bears witness to the American Dream in action.

 

 

 

If ever there was a textbook that outlines the path to self-actualization and the manifestation of one’s own destiny, this could be it. With chapters of anecdotes illustrative of his drive to success, Th e Potato Peeler is a highly readable, thoroughly entertaining tale which serves to inspire, motivate, and educate. We are not all fortunate enough to have been born in the land of opportunity that is America, but as Mr. Rachmanides clearly shows in his book, each and every one of us have the chance to enact real change in our circumstances if we so wish. His is a story which clearly shows that with courage, resolve, strength, and intelligence, we can all avail ourselves to make the best of our opportunities, and create them for ourselves when it may seem that there are none. Readers of this work will be taken along with the author on the journey of a lifetime – truly.

 

 

 

Book Review by Bryan Winfrey

 

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