From the book - "Described as a 'thinly disguised autobiography,' TO THE HEART OF THE STORM begins on a troop train carrying young draftees during World War II. Young Willie (Eisner)stares out the window, which becomes the picture plane where his memories of his childhood and adolexcence, as well as his struggling family's immigrant history, are projected. While the episodes leap back and forth in time and place, the theme is focused: the insidiousness of 'primal prejudice'...Eisner is still a risk take and an artist of astonishing vitality...a dramatic, engrossing journey." Entertainment Weekly