Schlepping Through the Alps
Subtitle: My Search for Austria's Jewish Past with Its Last Wandering Shepherd
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: March 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780345477736
Subjects: Description And Travel; History Of Jews; Travel; Travel - General; General; Travel / General; Essays & Travelogues; Jewish Studies; Antisemitism; Austria; Biography; Ethnic relations; Jews
First sentence: If you're traveling the Alps with a Yiddish folksinger who also happens to be the last wandering shepherd in Austria and he assigns you the task of walking behind his flock of 625 sheep, you'll discover that the little lambs sometimes tire out and plop down for naps.