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050	0	0	_aZ702.B58 _bH37 2000
051			_aZ702.B58 _bH37 2000 Copy 3 _cProvenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.
082	0	0	_a025.8 HAR
100	1		_aHarvey, Miles
245	1	4	_aThe island of lost maps _b: a true story of cartographic crime _c/ Miles Harvey
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York _b: Random House _c, c2000.
300			_axxiii, 405 p. _b: ill., maps _c; 19 cm.
500			_aMap on endpapers.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [355]-394) and index.
520			_aThis is the spellbinding story of author Miles Harvey's quest to understand America's greatest map thief, a chameleon who changed careers and families without ever looking back. Gilbert Bland was a cipher, a blank slate--for Harvey, journalistic terra incognita. Filling in Bland's life was like filling in a map, and grew from an investigation into an intellectual adventure. Harvey listens to the fury of the librarians from whom Bland stole. He introduces us to America's foremost map mogul, a millionaire maverick who predicted the boom in map collecting. He retraces Bland's life, from his run-ins with the law to his troubled service in Vietnam. And finally, with the aid of an FBI agent, Harvey discovers the Island of Lost Maps. The deeper Miles Harvey investigates, the more we are drawn into this fascinating subculture of collectors, experts, and enthusiasts, all of them gripped by an obsession both surreal and sublime. Capturing that passion in perfect pitch, The Island of Lost Maps is an intriguing story of exploration, craftsmanship, villainy, and the lure of the unknown.
600	1	0	_aBland, Gilbert Lee Joseph.
650		0	_aMap thefts _z--United States _x--History _y--20th century.
650		0	_aLibraries _z--United States _x--Special collections _x--Maps _x--History _y--20th century.
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