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Describes how the author, alarmed by the rapid disappearance of Yiddish culture and literature, put out a worldwide appeal for unwanted Yiddish works, a campaign that led to the rescue of more than 1.5 million volumes.
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"Outwitting History is the charming and compelling epic about how Lansky and a few volunteers saved Yiddish books from extinction." -- 'The Times'
There’s just one word to describe ...Aaron Lansky’s enchanting book Outwitting History... chutzpah... an adventure story to delight bibliophiles. -- 'Daily Mail'
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There’s just one word to describe ...Aaron Lansky’s enchanting book Outwitting History... chutzpah... an adventure story to delight bibliophiles. -- 'Daily Mail'
As a twenty-three-year-old graduate student, Aaron Lanskey set out to save the world's abandoned Yiddish books before it was too late. Today, twenty-five years and one and a half million books later, he has accomplished what has been called "the greatest cultural rescue effort in Jewish history." In Outwitting History, Lansky shares his adventures as well as the poignant and often laugh-out-loud stories he heard as he traveled the country collecting books. Introducing us to a dazzling array of writers, he shows us how an almost-lost culture is the bridge between the old world and the future—and how the written word can unite everyone who believes in the power of great literature.
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- PublisherAlgonquin Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1565124294
- ISBN 13 9781565124295
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages316
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