Lost rights
Subtitle: the misadventures of a stolen American relic
By: David Howard.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780618826070
Subjects: United States; Lost articles -- North Carolina -- History; Theft of relics -- North Carolina -- History; Manuscripts -- Collectors and collecting -- United States; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confiscations and contributions; North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confiscations and contributions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A break in; title: The natural; title: The four-dollar treasure; title: The grain man; title: Best friends; title: The document hunter; title: The leaves of the sybil; title: Strangers; title: The art dealer; title: The bookseller; title: The buyer; title: A revelation; title: Time runneth not against the king; title: The joy of illegitimate possession; title: Nowhere fast; title: The sky's the limit; title: Just a regular guy; title: Deception; title: Special delivery; title: The thump on the door; title: Blowback; title: The great divide; title: Another way; title: Postscript.