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The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come

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Description:A story of one man’s effort to save the world’s Yiddish books.Over the last forty years, Aaron Lansky has jumped into dumpsters, rummaged around musty basements, and crawled through cramped attics. He did all of this in pursuit of a particular kind of treasure, and he’s found plenty. Lansky’s treasure was any book written Yiddish, the language of generations of European Jews. When he started looking for Yiddish books, experts estimated there might be about 70,000 still in existence. Since then, the MacArthur Genius Grant recipient has collected close to 1.5 million books, and he’s finding more every day.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come. To get started finding The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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ISBN: 1481472208

Description: A story of one man’s effort to save the world’s Yiddish books.Over the last forty years, Aaron Lansky has jumped into dumpsters, rummaged around musty basements, and crawled through cramped attics. He did all of this in pursuit of a particular kind of treasure, and he’s found plenty. Lansky’s treasure was any book written Yiddish, the language of generations of European Jews. When he started looking for Yiddish books, experts estimated there might be about 70,000 still in existence. Since then, the MacArthur Genius Grant recipient has collected close to 1.5 million books, and he’s finding more every day.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come. To get started finding The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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