Aaron Lansky's book, Outwitting History

Filled with inspiring and hilarious tales, Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books is a riveting story about Aaron Lansky’s travels as he and a team of volunteers crisscrossed America, retrieving Yiddish books from dusty attics, crumbling basements, and dumpsters. With 75,000 copies now in print, it is a collective love song to brilliant Yiddish writers -- from Mendele to Sholem Aleichem to I.B. Singer -- and their lasting cultural relevance.

"A rollicking, readable account of one man's passion and the difference it made."
-- Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People

• To order Outwitting History from our bookstore, call 413-256-4900 x115 or order online.
• Hear Aaron Lansky's interview on WBUR's Connection
• Listen to an audio selection of Aaron Lansky reading excerpts from Outwitting History live at the National Yiddish Book Center. (21 minutes)