{"product_id":"schlepping-through-the-alps-sam-apple-9780345477736","title":"Schlepping Through the Alps: My Search for Austria's Jewish Past with Its Last Wandering Shepherd","description":"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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Apple\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0345477731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345477736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 4.90w x 0.69d","brand":"Sam Apple","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44149173092607,"sku":"9780345477736","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66367f4a-babc-4b66-9db5-12be94f19589.jpg?v=1688455222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/schlepping-through-the-alps-sam-apple-9780345477736","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}