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

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

â€œStunning.â€â€‹ â€”Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

â€œInspired...[a] journalistic, propulsive narrative.â€ â€”Publishers Weekly (starred review)

From New York Times Best Illustrated Book artist Stacy Innerst and author Sue Macy comes a story of one manâ€™s heroic effort to save the worldâ€™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 heâ€™s found plenty. Lanskyâ€™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 heâ€™s finding more every day.

Told in a folkloric voice reminiscent of Patricia Polacco, this story celebrates the power of an individual to preserve history and culture, while exploring timely themes of identity and immigration.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2019-10-01
UnitCount 1
Format Picture Book
EANs 9781481472203

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