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BL
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| Record Number
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1017840
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b772210
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| Main Entry
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Boser, Ulrich.
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| Title & Author
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The Gardner heist : : a true story of the world's largest unsolved art theft /\ Ulrich Boser.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins,, ©2009.
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260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations (some color) ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0061451835
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: 9780061451836
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-243) and index.
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| Contents
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The storm on the sea of Galilee : a disturbance in the courtyard -- Chez Tortoni : the art detective -- A lady and gentlemen in black : it was a passion -- The concert : the picture habit -- Cortege aux environs de Florence : the art of the theft -- Landscape with an obelisk : something that big -- Ku : unfinished business -- Three mounted jockeys : infiltrate and infatuate -- Self-portrait : I was the one -- Program for an artistic soiree I : any news on your side -- Program for an artistic soiree II : where's Whitey? -- La sortie de pesage : put my picture on the cover -- Finial : like a spiderweb.
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| Abstract
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"One museum, two thieves, and the Boston underworld--the story behind the lost Gardner masterpieces worth $500 million and the art detective who swore to get them back."--Cover.
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| Subject
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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Art thefts-- Massachusetts-- Boston.
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Theft from museums-- Massachusetts-- Boston.
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Art thefts.
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Theft from museums.
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Massachusetts, Boston.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.16/287599492
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| LC Classification
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N8795.3.M4B67 2009
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| NLM classification
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364.1628 B743g
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I712.55clc
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