Outwitting history : the amazing adventures of a man who rescued a million Yiddish books /
In 1980 an entire body of Jewish literature-- the physical remnant of Yiddish culture-- was on the verge of extinction. Precious volumes that had survived Hitler and Stalin were being passed down from older generations of Jewish immigrants to their non-Yiddish-speaking children only to be discarded...
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| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill, N.C. :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2005.
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| Edition: | 1st paperback ed. |
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