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The hunt for history : on the trail of the world's lost treasures-- from the letters of Lincoln, Churchill, and Einstein to the secret recordings onboard JFK's Air Force One / Nathan Raab with Luke Barr.
"A work that compellingly draws back the curtain on the activity of finding, authenticating, purchasing, and selling to collectors some of the most significant historical documents and artifacts of the past"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501198908
- ISBN: 1501198904
- ISBN: 9781501198915
- ISBN: 1501198912
- Physical Description: xv, 251 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2020.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Early Days : Babe Ruth and Teddy Roosevelt -- Lessons from my father -- What is it worth? -- The gold medal, the top hat, and the martini shaker -- The auction game -- The art of the fake -- The real Ronald Reagan -- The mystery of the Washington survey -- Taking the reins -- The report of the death of Napoleon -- Provenance, or, where's this stuff been hiding? -- Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein -- "I know you think women are the pets of society" -- Thomas Jefferson's library -- The JFK tapes -- The legacy of MLK -- Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears -- Smuggled out of Nazi Germany -- Vein of gold. |
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| Subject: | Collectors and collecting > United States > Anecdotes. Manuscripts > Collectors and collecting > United States > Anecdotes. Lost articles > Anecdotes. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Allentown Public Library | 790.1 RAAB (Text) | 34455006682021 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Main Library | 790.132 (Text) | 33062009282360 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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