Title: The map thief
Description: Maps have long elicited a special fascination -- both as practical tools and as beautiful works of art. But to collectors the map trade can be cutthroat, with quirky and sometimes disreputable characters in search of a finite number of extremely rare objects. This is the story of antiquarian map dealer E. Forbes Smiley, who for years doubled as a map thief until he was finally arrested for slipping maps out of books in the Yale University library.
Subjects: Book thefts, Map thefts, Map dealers, Map industry and trade, Criminals, united states, Criminals, biography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Large type books, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Criminals & Outlaws, General, Bokstölder, Stöld, Kartor, Säljare, nyt:travel=2015-07-12, New York Times bestseller
Places: United States
People: E. Forbes Smiley