The Book Thief
Subtitle: The True Crimes of Daniel Spiegelman
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: October 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780275993313
Subjects: Crime & criminology; True crime; Crime And Criminals; Social Science; True Crime / Espionage; Sociology; Other Miscellaneous Crimes; Social Science / Criminology; Criminology; General; Book thefts; New York; New York (State); Thieves
Description: This book leads the reader to the court opinion extolling the value of library and archival materials, United States v. Spiegelman, 4 F.Supp.2d 275 (S.D.N.Y. 1998). Written by an academic law librarian, the book deftly combines an international manhunt, a self-confessed (but unproven) participant in the Oklahoma City bombings, a $1.3 million dollar theft from the Columbia University Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, trial transcripts, and the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines.