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1 online resource (229 pages) |
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No one had ever tried a caper like this before. The goods were kept in a secure room under constant scrutiny, deep inside a crowded building with guards at the exits. The team picked for the job included two old hands known only as Paul and Swede, but all depended on a fresh face, a kid from Pinetown, North Carolina. In the Depression, some fellows were willing to try anything--even a heist in the rare book room of the New York Public Library. 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 i. |
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Manuscripts.
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. |
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Manuscripts. |
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Library resources.
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Library resources. |
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New York Public Library -- History -- 20th century.
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New York Public Library. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Rare books -- History -- 20th century.
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Rare books. |
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Thieves -- Literary collections.
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Thieves. |
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Art thefts -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Art thefts. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Rare books -- New York (State) -- New York.
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Literary collections.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Manuscripts.
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Literature.
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Literature.
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Print version: McDade, Travis. Thieves of Book Row : New York's Most Notorious Rare Book Ring and the Man Who Stopped It. New York : Oxford University Press, USA, ©2013 9780199922666 |
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9780199922666 |
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0199922667 |
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9780199922673 (electronic book) |
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0199922675 (electronic book) |
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