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Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books  
Author: Aaron Lansky
ISBN: 1565125134
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From Publishers Weekly
Lansky was a 23-year-old graduate student in 1980 when he came up with an idea that would take over his life and change the face of Jewish literary culture: He wanted to save Yiddish books. With few resources save his passion and ironlike determination, Lansky and his fellow dreamers traveled from house to house, Dumpster to Dumpster saving Yiddish books wherever they could find...