The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History : : the Story of the Monuments Men

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Call Number: Y 940.531 Ed, Kids Book / Nonfiction / History / General / Edsel, Robert M.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Traverwood Branch

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Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Nonfiction / History / General / Edsel, Robert M.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Nonfiction / History / General / Edsel, Robert M.	4-week checkout	Due 05-20-2024

Letters home -- Independence day -- "Little saints, help us!" -- The meeting -- Priceless dust -- Objectives -- Resurrection and treachery -- Searching for clues -- Getting help -- Longings -- Small victories -- Treasure maps -- Gains and losses -- Surprises -- On the move -- The beginning of the end -- Salt mines and jail cells -- Closure -- Going home.
"As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of Western civilization. As the war raged, these American and British volunteers--museum curators, art scholars and educators, architects, archivists, and artists, known as the Monuments Men--found themselves in a desperate race against time to locate and save the many priceless treasures and works of art stolen by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Robert M. Edsel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men, brings this story to young readers for the first time in a sweeping, dynamic adventure detailing history's greatest treasure hunt"-- Provided by publisher.

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