{"product_id":"climbing-the-mountain","title":"Climbing the Mountain","description":"With the simple power and astonishing candor that made his 1988 autobiography, \u003ci\u003eThe Ragman's Son, \u003c\/i\u003e a number one international bestseller, Kirk Douglas now shares his quest for spirituality and Jewish identity -- and his heroic fight to overcome crippling injuries and a devastating stroke. \u003cbr\u003e On February 13, 1991, at the age of seventy-four, Kirk Douglas, star of such major motion-picture classics as \u003ci\u003eChampion, Spartacus, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePaths of Glory, \u003c\/i\u003e was in a helicopter crash, in which two people died and he himself sustained severe back injuries. As he lay in the hospital recovering, he kept wondering: Why had two younger men died while he, who had already lived his life fully, survived? \u003cbr\u003e The question drove this son of a Russian-Jewish ragman to a search for his roots and on a long journey of self-discovery -- a quest not only for the meaning of life and his own relationship with God, but for his own identity as a Jew. Through the study of the Bible, Kirk Douglas found a new spirituality and purpose. His newfound faith deeply enriched his relationship with his own children and taught him -- a man who had always been famously demanding and impatient -- to listen to others and, above all, to hear his own inner voice. \u003cbr\u003e Told with warmth, wit, much humor, and deep passion, \u003ci\u003eClimbing the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e is inspirational in the very best sense of the word.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ New","offer_id":53021536485696,"sku":"9780684865843","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/8912\/3648\/files\/imageloader_c77c1d8a-c144-4d86-b3c4-1e672dba9945.jpg?v=1786661053","url":"https:\/\/silverstreetbooks.com\/products\/climbing-the-mountain","provider":"silverstreetbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}