{"product_id":"outwitting-history-the-amazing-adventures-of-a-man-who-rescued-a-million-yiddish-books-9781565125131","title":"Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Incredible . . . Inspiring . . . Important.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003c\/b\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565125131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2005 pg. 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/20\/2005 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aaron Lansky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659949011100,"sku":"9781565125131","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_93c62297-74ce-4fd5-a694-435e772604fa.jpg?v=1603895755","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/outwitting-history-the-amazing-adventures-of-a-man-who-rescued-a-million-yiddish-books-9781565125131","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}