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Author:

Edsel, Robert M.

Title:

The monuments men [sound recording] : Allied heros, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history / Robert M. Edsel, with Bret Witter.

Format:

[sound recording] :

Publisher:

BBC Audiobooks America,

Copyright Date:

2009, p2009

Description:

12 sound discs (14 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Allied Forces.--Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section--Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section--History.
Art thefts--Germany--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Germany.
World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war.
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Europe.
Art treasures in war--Europe--History--20th century.
Cultural property--History--Europe--History--20th century.
Audiobooks.

Other Authors:

Witter, Bret.
Davidson, Jeremy. nrt
Macmillan Audio.
BBC Audiobooks America.

Notes:

In container (17 cm.). Title from container. "Sound Library"--Container. "Complete & Unabridged"--Container. "Digitally Mastered"--Container. Audio recording produced by Macmillan Audio, p2009. Compact disc. Read by Jeremy Davidson.

Summary:

Edsel traces the effort by an Allied division to find and secure European art that had been looted by the Nazis, outlining the dramatic story of how they risked their lives and operated with limited supplies and scraps of information, sometimes obtained from colorful sources.

ISBN:

0792766164
9780792766162

OCLC:

(OCoLC)435887852

Locations:

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)