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 Onboard Jfk's Air Force One
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Includes index.
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.
"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curtain on the activity of finding, authenticating, purchasing, and selling to collectors some of the most significant historical documents and artifacts of the past"-- Provided by publisher.
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Engrossing submitted by GJBarnett2 on July 21, 2020, 9:13pm An unexpected treasure! A semi-autobiographical work by "the nation's leading dealer in important historical documents." Doesn't sound like a page-turner but surprisingly is just that. Trust me, it's not to be missed.
PUBLISHED
New York : Scribner, 2020.
Year Published: 2020
Description: 251 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781501198908
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Barr, Luke.
SUBJECTS
Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Anecdotes.
Manuscripts -- Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Anecdotes.
Lost articles -- Anecdotes.