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Anonymous
Posted September 17, 2007
A Great Read!
Aaron Lansky is a very special person who has achieved something special by recovering and rescuing yiddish books from all over the world and relocating them to Amherst, Massachusetts where they are kept and shared with the world. I admire his tenacity and thoroughly enjoyed his relating how he managed to achieve this amazing task. I had the honor of meeting him once many years ago in Northhampton, Massachusetts and was impressed back then and am still impressed with his admirable character. He is a wonderful writer and I highly recommend this book to anyone intersted in the history and culture of the jews.
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Button-G-Bones
Posted February 28, 2012
Highly recommended
Aaron Lansky's rollicking account of his life's work rescuing Yiddish books is a must read. Hilarious, moving, and well written, it illuminates a crisis of which I wasn't aware.Much of the rich heritage of Yiddish literature is in danger of being lost forever. Who knew that tales of dumpster diving, clambering through old abandoned buildings and going to far flung corners of the earth to rescue Yiddish books could be so engaging? Read it, you'll like it!
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