Library
When: Tuesday, February 28, 2pm ? 3pm
Where: 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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Library
Westover Book Group - Book Whisperers
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.
- Book Whisperers Titles For 2012
The Westover Branch Library's Book Whisperers meet monthly on the 4th Tuesday. We meet April through October at 7 p.m., and November through March, at 2 p.m. January: Gilead, Marilynne RobinsonFebruary: Priceless, Robert K. Wittman March: Cutting...
- Book Whisperers Discuss "the Lost City Of Z"
All are welcome to join the Westover Branch Library's Book Whisperers discussion of The Lost City of Z by David Grann, on Tuesday Dec. 27, at 2:00 p.m. After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed "New Yorker" writer Grann set out to...
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All are welcome to the Westover Branch Library book discussion of When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka. A story told from five different points of view, chronicles the experiences of Japanese Americans caught up in the nightmare of the...
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The Westover Branch Library's Book Whisperers hold two monthly meetings. The evening meeting is held on the 4th Tuesday of the month, at 7 p.m., and the afternoon meeting is held on the 4th Wednesday, at 2 p.m. Both groups read the same title, and...