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Thieves of Book Row : New York's Most Notorious Rare Book Ring and the Man Who Stopped It.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199922673
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Thieves of Book RowDDC classification:
  • 090.904
LOC classification:
  • Z733.N6 .M333 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- CHAPTER 1 The Antics of the Leading Industrials -- CHAPTER 2 The Accumulated Wisdom -- CHAPTER 3 A Purloined Poe -- CHAPTER 4 Scholarship and Investigation -- CHAPTER 5 The Boston Scene -- CHAPTER 6 Someone Qualified as a Bookman -- CHAPTER 7 The People of the State of New York and Their Dignity -- CHAPTER 8 That's the End of the Rare Book -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Y.
Summary: In Thieves of Book Row, Travis McDade tells the gripping tale of the worst book-theft ring in American history, and the intrepid detective who brought it down. Both a fast-paced, true-life thriller, Thieves of Book Row provides a fascinating look at the history of crime and literary culture.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- CHAPTER 1 The Antics of the Leading Industrials -- CHAPTER 2 The Accumulated Wisdom -- CHAPTER 3 A Purloined Poe -- CHAPTER 4 Scholarship and Investigation -- CHAPTER 5 The Boston Scene -- CHAPTER 6 Someone Qualified as a Bookman -- CHAPTER 7 The People of the State of New York and Their Dignity -- CHAPTER 8 That's the End of the Rare Book -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Y.

In Thieves of Book Row, Travis McDade tells the gripping tale of the worst book-theft ring in American history, and the intrepid detective who brought it down. Both a fast-paced, true-life thriller, Thieves of Book Row provides a fascinating look at the history of crime and literary culture.

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