The Hunt for History: On the Trail of the World's Lost Treasures--From the Letters of Lincoln, Churchill, and Einstein to the Secret Recordi

by Luke Barr and Nathan Raab

Book Overview

Nathan Raab, America's preeminent rare documents dealer, describes his years as the Sherlock Holmes of historical artifacts--questing after precious finds and determining their authenticity--and he shows us what the past can tell us about the present.

A box uncovered in a Maine attic with twenty letters written by Alexander Hamilton; a handheld address to Congress by President George Washington; a long-lost Gold Medal that belonged to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501198904
• ISBN13: 9781501198908
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"