Letters to Zerky

Letters to Zerky: A Father's Legacy to a Lost Son...And a Road Trip Around the World BIll Raney and Joanne Walker Raney So many of us have dreamed of taking off for parts unknown, to see and experience the world. From April of 1967 until May of 1968, a young married couple, Bill and JoAnne Raney, lived that dream. A few months after they adopted an infant son, Zerky (Eric Xerxes Raney), the three of them and their miniature dachshund, Tarzan, embarked on a trip in a new Volkswagen camper-van that took them nearly around the world. ??They traveled across Europe and through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, and then flew on to Thailand and Hong Kong, before returning to San Francisco. Their experiences are sometimes fabulous, sometimes frightening, always enlightening, as they discover different cultures and wonderful people. Because Zerky was too young to remember his great adventure, father Bill wrote him a series of letters along the way, while mother JoAnne kept a diary. Both were for Zerky to read someday when he was old enough to be curious about his great adventure, all those things he had done and seen. $27.00 View All Upcoming Events