Priceless : how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures / Robert K. Wittman with John Shiffman.
Title:
Priceless : how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures / Robert K. Wittman with John Shiffman.
ISBN:
9780307461476
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Crown Publishers, [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
viii, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Contents:
Alla prima. Stagehand -- Crimes against history -- Provenance. Making of an agent -- Mask of the man with the broken nose -- The accident -- Inspiration -- A new life -- Body of work. The gold man -- History out the back door -- A blood cloth -- Befriend & betray -- The con artist -- A hot hand -- The property of a lady -- National treasure -- Art crime team -- The old master -- Operation masterpiece. Mrs. Gardner -- Cold case -- A French connection -- Laurenz & Sunny -- Allies & enemies --- A coward has no scar -- Suspicious minds -- End game.
Summary:
Robert K. Wittman, the founder of the FBI's Art Crime Team, pulls back the curtain on his remarkable career, offering a real-life international thriller. The son of an antique dealer, Wittman built a twenty-year career going undercover, usually unarmed, to catch art thieves, scammers, and black market traders in Paris and Philadelphia, Rio and Santa Fe, Miami and Madrid.--From publisher description.
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Audience:
1050L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocn437298775
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1
