About this title: The man who spearheaded what has been called "the greatest cultural rescue effort in Jewish history" recounts his poignant, intrepid, and often riotous quest to safeguard a vanishing civilization.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781565125131ISBN:1565125134
Description: Good. Standard used condition. May have light reading or storage wear. All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Description: Good. 1565124294 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. 1565124294 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Good. 2005-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781565125131ISBN:1565125134
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. First paperback edition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 316 p. Audience: General/trade. "The amazing adventures of a man who rescued a million yiddish books: . read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Date Published: 2005
Description: Very Good+ Large softcover with slight edge wear. "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, he has accomplished what has been called 'the greatest cultural rescue effort in Jewish history'. " read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781565125131ISBN:1565125134
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Softcover. VG++ bright, crisp, clean 1st softcover edition. A very nice copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 316 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781565125131ISBN:1565125134
Description: Very Good. Wraps lightly rubbed. Clean, tight and unmarked. 316 pp. A book that will appeal to book collectors, booksellers, and history buffs equally. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, New York, New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781565125131ISBN:1565125134
Description: Very Good. Soiling to light colorecd covers, otherwise near fine. Special Members' Edition (not book club). This is the extraordinary and heartwarming story of how Yiddish literature was almost lost forever due to the vagaries of history and fashion, and how the author and a few dedicated individuals saved it. 5.5 x 8.25". read more
Description: New. Stated 1st Edition (paperback), 1st Printing with 10 full number line. New book. Free deliver confirmation. Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
"For many years I have been slowly inching my way forward toward my past. This book was a much bigger step than I usually get to make.
I enjoyed Lansky's style very much, and found his committment to his chosen cause inspiring. He made this a fun and informative read regardless of one's personal connection to the history. Unfortunately, a few things he said near the end bothered me, and that is coloring my view of the book as I try to write this. And that really is unfortunate, because most evenings as I read this, I would look up at my husband, still clutching the book in my reluctance to put it down, and I know my eyes were shining as I said - again - how glad I was that I'd gotten this book with some of the money my mouther gave me for my birthday.
"Aaron Lansky has single-handedly saved millions of books that would have otherwise been destroyed. He founded the National Yiddish Book Center in western Massachusetts--this book is the story of creating the Book Center and what Lansky had to go through to convince people to give up their books. It's a great read."
"This is the fascinating tale of a young Jewish scholar who determined that it was important to preserve a fast disappearing Yiddish culture, mainly by preserving its literature. The author,through a series of highly amusing,heart-rending and uplifting accounts of his adventures in rescuing and preserving the writings and music of this culture,has helped greatly in bringing about a renaissance in things Jewish. This is a very warmly written,humorous,uplifting book which certainly bespeaks the importance of how one individual's dedication to a worthy cause can spark an entire movement."
"According to Midrash, the reason Jews spent forty years in the wilderness after leaving Egypt was because only a new generation, unbent by slavery, could enter the promised land. Perhaps so it is with us. After six decades of recording from the memory of a world that was destroyed, a new generation is emerging, unbent and untrammeled, to recover the shards of a shattered past, to turn the yellowed pages, to discover just how hip Yiddish really is. "Yiddish has not yet said its last word", Isaac Bashevis Singer predicted."
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