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Schlepping Through the Alps: My Search for Austria's Jewish Past with Its Last Wandering Shepherd (2005) (edit title/settings)

by Sam Apple (Author) (edit contributors)

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Hans 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. ... read more

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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.

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  1. Sam Apple (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0345465032
Page Count: 304

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