{"product_id":"outwitting-history-the-amazing-adventures-of-a-man-who-rescued-a-million-yiddish-books-paperback","title":"Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAaron Lansky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Incredible . . . Inspiring . . . Important.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A marvelous yarn, loaded with near-calamitous adventures and characters as memorable as Singer creations.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"What began as a quixotic journey was also a picaresque romp, a detective story, a profound history lesson, and a poignant evocation of a bygone world.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Every now and again a book with near-universal appeal comes along: \u003ci\u003eOutwitting History\u003c\/i\u003e is just such a book.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Oregonian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a twenty-three-year-old graduate student, Aaron Lansky set out to save the world's abandoned Yiddish books before it was too late. Today, more than a million books later, he has accomplished what has been called \"the greatest cultural rescue effort in Jewish history.\" In \u003ci\u003eOutwitting History, \u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book \u003cbr\u003e A Massachusetts Book Award Winner in Nonfiction \u003cbr\u003e An ALA Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978491855149,"sku":"9781565125131","price":22.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/L0JreTg4VVZDL2pGZkFTeXl2UGpCUT09.webp?v=1775805463","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/outwitting-history-the-amazing-adventures-of-a-man-who-rescued-a-million-yiddish-books-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}