Rhoda Samuels Nichter, the nonagenarian author of THE SIX THOUSAND MILE JOURNEY is the youngest and last survivor of a family of six children. She was "a little pitcher with big ears" or "a fly on the wall", who silently observed, heard and overheard and remembers from as far back as the age of four and is now telling all about her parents' lives in 1800's Europe, coming to America, raising a family on the Lower East Side of NY plus authentic reminiscences of life in the 1920's, 30's and 40's. You will be enthralled, entertained and educated by this book.