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 on-board JFK's Air Force One

Raab, Nathan, 1978- author.

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"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curtain on the activity of finding, authenticating, purchasing, and selling to collectors some of the most significant historical documents and artifacts of the past"-- Provided by publisher.

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ISBN:

9781501198908
1501198904

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition

Description:

pages cm

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

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

LCCN:

2019024822

Control Number:

2869464

Other Authors:

Barr, Luke, author

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