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  The greatest treasure hunt in history : the story of the Monuments Men First edition.

  Author

  Edsel, Robert M.  

  Publisher:

  Scholastic Focus,

  Pub date:

  2019.

  Description:

  xxv, 333 pages :

  ISBN:

  1338251198

  Item info:

  4 copies currently available - Gayton Library, Twin Hickory Library, Tuckahoe Library, and Fairfield Area Library.
  

  Number of holds:

  0

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    Fairfield Area Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    YA 940.531 EDSEL	2	Teen book	Young adult nonfiction
    Gayton Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    YA 940.531 EDSEL	1	Teen book	Young adult nonfiction
    Tuckahoe Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    YA 940.531 EDSEL	1	Teen book	Young adult nonfiction
    Twin Hickory Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    YA 940.531 EDSEL	4	Teen book	Young adult nonfiction

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  The greatest treasure hunt in history : the story of the Monuments Men First edition.
  Edsel, Robert M.
  

  Personal Author:

  Edsel, Robert M.

  Title:

  The greatest treasure hunt in history : the story of the Monuments Men / by Robert M. Edsel.

  Edition:

  First edition.

  Publication Info:

  New York : Scholastic Focus, 2019.

  Physical descrip:

  xxv, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

  Contents:

  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.

  Summary:

  "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.

  Held by:

  GAYTON TWNHICKORY TUCKAHOE FAAREA

  Corporate subject:

  Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section--History.

  Subject term:

  Art thefts--Germany--History--20th century.

  Subject term:

  Art treasures in war--Europe--History--20th century.

  Subject term:

  Cultural property--Protection--Europe--History--20th century.

  Subject term:

  World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war.

  Subject term:

  World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Germany.

  Subject term:

  World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Europe.