When: Tuesday, February 28, 2pm – 3pmWhere: Westover Branch Library (map)
This month the group will discuss Priceless - how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures by Robert K. Wittman.
LJ Reviews 2010 August #1 The theft and retrieval of priceless works of art, historic documents, or artifacts can be a Herculean law enforcement challenge. With the creation of the FBI's Art Crime Team?led by 20-year veteran special agent Wittman?the reader enters a clandestine world of criminal activities of epic proportion. Writing with investigative reporter Shiffman, Wittman unfurls a web of intrigue and danger in this rare glimpse into high-level detective work that has resulted in the retrieval of more than $225 million worth of stolen artwork and documents in the past two decades. One of the recent cases solved by the Art Crime Team was the return of one of 14 original copies of the Bill of Rights taken by Union soldiers at the end of the American Civil War (this is depicted in full in David Howard's Lost Rights: The Misadventures of a Stolen American Relic). Wittman's successes as an undercover agent, extensive training in the world of art, and skill as a lead detective and investigator are well documented in this autobiography.
The "Book Whisperers" book group meets at Westover Branch Library on the fourth Tuesday of each month - April through October - at 7 p.m. November through March - at 2 p.m.
Call 703-228-0523 for more details.
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