Yiddish for Pirates

Gary Barwin

Original title: Yiddish for pirates

earliest edition we have, 2016 Random House Canada, 2016 hardcover 352 pages

"Set in the years around 1492, 'Yiddish for Pirates' tells the story of Moishe, a young man who, enchanted by maps and seeking adventure, leaves the shtetl to join a ship's crews. There he meets Aaron, our ribald yet philosophical parrot narrator who becomes his near-constant companion. With a beakful of Yiddish jokes, this wisecracking bird guides us through a swashbuckling world of exploits on the high seas, from e...

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Yiddish for Pirates audiobook · 2017 · Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio · 9781543641486
Yiddish for Pirates hardcover · 2016 · Random House Canada · 352 pages · 9780345815514
Yiddish for pirates edition · 2016 · 340 pages · 9780345815521

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