Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
by:
Aaron Lansky (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781565124295 (1565124294)
Publish date: October 5th 2004
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Pages no: 328
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
History,
Literature,
Books About Books,
Jewish,
Religion,
Biography Memoir,
Judaism,
Judaica
This is definitely one of the best books I have read this year. Once I picked it up, I had go on until I was finished. This is the story of Aaron Lansky and his quest to save Yiddish books. At a time when even most Jews had given Yiddish up as dead, Lansky had the vision to rescue the lost books of ...
Outwitting History really is a bit of an adventure story, but it's also an emotional education on Jewish culture, the history of Yiddish, and (a bit) the development and operation of a non-profit organization.I listened to this book from audible.com, read by George Guidal, and I'm glad I did. He rea...
This is one of those amazing books, that is a well-written, engaging narrative, as well as chock full of information on a subject I knew absolutely nothing about. Lots of great stuff about books, and generations, and culture. Although this is about a specific effort to save Yiddish books, it has b...
13 years ago
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