{"product_id":"schlepping-through-the-alps-my-search-for-austrias-jewish-past-with-its-last-wandering-shepherd-paperback-1","title":"Schlepping Through the Alps: My Search for Austria's Jewish Past with Its Last Wandering Shepherd - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Apple\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHans Breuer, Austria's only wandering shepherd, is also a Yiddish folksinger. He walks the Alps, shepherd's stick in hand, singing lullabies to his 625 sheep. Sometimes he even gives concerts in historically anti-Semitic towns, showing slides of the flock as he belts out Yiddish ditties. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen New York-based writer Sam Apple hears about this one-of-a-kind eccentric, he flies overseas and signs on as a shepherd's apprentice. For thoroughly urban, slightly neurotic Sam, stumbling along in borrowed boots and burdened with a lot more baggage than his backpack, the task is far from a walk in Central Park. Demonstrating no immediate natural talent for shepherding, he tries to earn the respect of Breuer's sheep, while keeping a safe distance from the shepherd's fierce herding dogs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs this strange and hilarious adventure unfolds, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe unlikely duo of Sam and Hans meander through a paradise of woods and high meadows toward awkward encounters with Austrians of many stripes. Apple is determined to find out if there are really as many anti-Semites in Austria as he fears and to understand how Hans, who grew up fighting the lingering Nazism in Vienna, became a wandering shepherd. What Apple discovers turns out to be far more fascinating than he had imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith this odd and wonderful book, Sam Apple joins the august tradition of Tony Horwitz and Bill Bryson. \u003ci\u003eSchlepping Through the Alps \u003c\/i\u003eis as funny as it is moving.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHans Breuer, Austria's only wandering shepherd, is also a Yiddish folksinger. He walks the Alps, shepherd's stick in hand, singing lullabies to his 625 sheep. Sometimes he even gives concerts in historically anti-Semitic towns, showing slides of the flock as he belts out Yiddish ditties. \u003cbr\u003eWhen New York-based writer Sam Apple hears about this one-of-a-kind eccentric, he flies overseas and signs on as a shepherd's apprentice. For thoroughly urban, slightly neurotic Sam, stumbling along in borrowed boots and burdened with a lot more baggage than his backpack, the task is far from a walk in Central Park. Demonstrating no immediate natural talent for shepherding, he tries to earn the respect of Breuer's sheep, while keeping a safe distance from the shepherd's fierce herding dogs. \u003cbr\u003eAs this strange and hilarious adventure unfolds,\" the unlikely duo of Sam and Hans meander through a paradise of woods and high meadows toward awkward encounters with Austrians of many stripes. Apple is determined to find out if there are really as many anti-Semites in Austria as he fears and to understand how Hans, who grew up fighting the lingering Nazism in Vienna, became a wandering shepherd. What Apple discovers turns out to be far more fascinating than he had imagined. \u003cbr\u003eWith this odd and wonderful book, Sam Apple joins the august tradition of Tony Horwitz and Bill Bryson. \"Schlepping Through the Alps is as funny as it is moving. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSAM APPLE, who grew up in Houston, is a graduate of the creative nonfiction MFA program at Columbia University. Apple's writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eForward, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Jerusalem Report \u003c\/i\u003eas well as on Salon.com. He currently lives in Brooklyn and is a contributing book editor at Nerve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.32 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52704095437107,"sku":"9780345477736","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/4ezrmE7EbH9780345477736_2d923c74-1785-4405-98ee-a6ddf1dc5cdc.webp?v=1763348200","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/schlepping-through-the-alps-my-search-for-austrias-jewish-past-with-its-last-wandering-shepherd-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}