{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLansky, Aaron:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Aaron Lansky is the founder and president of the Yiddish Book Center (www.yiddishbookcenter.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts. The recipient of a MacArthur \"genius\" fellowship, he has helped fuel the renaissance of Jewish literature in this country. He lives with his family in western Massachusetts. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50619299889426,"sku":"9781565125131","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c612222-3d03-4fb4-8051-0a0ee467de3b.jpg?v=1732547729","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/outwitting-history-the-amazing-adventures-of-a-man-who-rescued-a-million-yiddish-books-9781565125131","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}