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01273aam a2200217 4500 001 09E3BE1407F811E499730F88DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140710010103 008 140226s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 0316240079 020 $a 9780316240079 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Edsel, Robert M. 245 14 $a The Monuments Men : $b Allied heroes, nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history / $c Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. 264 1 $a New York : $b Little, Brown and Company, $c 2009. 300 $a 534 pg. ; $c 19 cm. 520 $a At the same time that Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the Western World, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The F©ơrher had begun cataloging the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: the "degenarate" works he despised. In a race against time, a group of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others--called the Monuments Men--risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. 541 $d . 941 $a 1 952 $l YLPC314 $d 20150828013619.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=09E3BE1407F811E499730F88DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search