The book rescuer

how a mensch from Massachusetts saved Yiddish literature for generations to come
written by Sue Macy ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst
Book - 2019

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 in 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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macy, Sue (Author)
Other Authors: Innerst, Stacy (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
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