Thieves of Book Row: New York's Most Notorious Rare Book Ring and the Man Who Stopped It

by Travis McDade

Book Overview

No one had ever tried a caper like this before. The goods were kept in a secure room under constant scrutiny, deep inside a crowded building with guards at the exits. The team picked for the job included two old hands known only as Paul and Swede, but all depended on a fresh face, a kid from Pinetown, North Carolina. In the Depression, some fellows were willing to try anything -- even a heist in the rare book room of the New York Public Library. In...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199922667
• ISBN13: 9780199922666
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 5.8"