{"product_id":"thieves-of-book-row-new-yorks-most-notorious-rare-book-ring-and-the-man-who-stopped-it-paperback","title":"Thieves of Book Row: New York's Most Notorious Rare Book Ring and the Man Who Stopped It - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTravis McDade\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThieves of Book Row, \u003c\/em\u003e Travis McDade tells the gripping tale of the worst book-theft ring in American history, and the intrepid detective who brought it down. Author of \u003cem\u003eThe Book Thief\u003c\/em\u003e and a curator of rare books, McDade transforms painstaking research into a rich portrait of Manhattan's Book Row in the 1920s and '30s, where organized crime met America's cultural treasures in dark and crowded shops along gritty Fourth Avenue. Dealers such as Harry Gold, a tough native of the Lower East Side, became experts in recognizing the value of books and recruiting a pool of thieves to steal them -- many of them unemployed men who drifted up the Bowery or huddled around fires in Central Park's shantytowns. When Paul and Swede brought a new recruit into his shop, Gold trained him for the biggest score yet: a first edition of Edgar Allan Poe's \u003cem\u003eAl Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems.\u003c\/em\u003e Gold's recruit cased the rare-book room for weeks, searching for a weakness. When he found one, he struck, leading to a\u003cbr\u003ebreathtaking game of wits between Gold and NYPL special investigator G. William Bergquist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth a fast-paced, true-life thriller, \u003cem\u003eThieves of Book Row\u003c\/em\u003e provides a fascinating look at the history of crime and literary culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTravis McDade\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of\u003cem\u003e The Book Thief: The True Crimes of Daniel Spiegelman \u003c\/em\u003eand the curator of rare books at the University of Illinois College of Law. He teaches a class at the University of Illinois called \"Rare Books, Crime \u0026amp; Punishment.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52914953879868,"sku":"9780190239718","price":48.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/TURDRnVaNldTRGdreWwyQkVBU1QrQT09.webp?v=1774357152","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/thieves-of-book-row-new-yorks-most-notorious-rare-book-ring-and-the-man-who-stopped-it-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}