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Anna Olswanger

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Anna Olswanger based her first children's book on a Yiddish newspaper article she uncovered about the attempted robbery of her great-grandfather’s kosher liquor store in St. Louis in 1919. This is the English translation of the article:

Reb Eliyahu Olschwanger Almost Robbed

Shlimazel crooks, their work was unsuccessful. Last Thursday at 3:00 a.m. in the middle of the night, several men drove to the saloon of Reb Eliyahu Olschwanger at the corner of 14th and Carr Streets. They opened the saloon and removed several barrels of brandy and beer. Mr. Mankel who lives on the second floor, upon hearing what was going on in the saloon, opened the window and began shouting for help. Benjamin Resnik from 1329 Carr Street, hearing the shouting, shot his ...more

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Auction this week to bid on a manuscript

This morning I donated a manuscript consultation as a literary agent to an online auction by The Born Free Foundation , an international wildlife charity that works throughout the world to stop individual wild animal suffering.

People can submit up to 10 pages of a manuscript for a 10-minute phone consultation. It's a great chance to get feedback from a professional.

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Average rating: 3.84 · 259 ratings · 104 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Visit to Moscow by Anna Olswanger (Goodreads Author) (Adaptor), Rabbi Rafael Grossman (contributor), Yevgenia Nayberg (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 140 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Greenhorn by Anna Olswanger (Goodreads Author), Miriam Nerlove (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories from the Blue Moon Café IV by Various (Editor), Howard Bahr, Ann Fisher-Wirth 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shlemiel Crooks by Anna Olswanger (Goodreads Author), Paula Goodman Koz (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Shoshana: A Father's Journey Through Loss by Rafael Grossman, Anna Olswanger (Goodreads Author) (Co-Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Middle Grade Actually it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memphis Music of Berl Olswanger 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1983	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Mistreatin' Bittersweet'N' Blues 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Many years ago I heard Yaffa Eliach speak at an international Jewish Genealogy Conference. She spoke about her dream of recreating her shtetl Eishyshok in the U.S. so that people could see what an Eastern Europe shtetl looked like before the Nazis ru ...more
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