Heather J. (ReadingAddict) reviewed Outwitting History : The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books on + 102 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
To put it simply, Outwitting History is Lansky's love letter to books, specifically Yiddish books. But it is more than that; it is his love letter to a culture and a language that, in its original form, is disappearing before his eyes.
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J.K. K. (JK) reviewed Outwitting History : The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books on + 139 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
A first-person account by the founder of the National Yiddish Book Center.