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The lone bit of good news is that the better the painting, the better the odds it will someday be found. Jun 28, 2005 edward dolnick is the author of down the great unknown, the forgers spell, and the edgar awardwinning the rescue artist. Currently a collection trust trustee, she is writing about childrens literary museums for two forthcoming publications. As former boston globe chief science writer dolnick the rush.
But most compelling of all is charley hill himself, a complicated mix of brilliance, foolhardiness, and charm whose hunt for a. A true story of art, thieves, and the hunt for a missing masterpiece 2005an account of the 1994 theft, and eventual recovery, of edvard munchs the scream from norways national gallery in oslowon. Edward dolnick s the rescue artist recounts the story of a sting operation that will leave you reeling. Book title author a bridge across the ocean susan meissner. Required the pearl john steinbeck suggested titles. Introduction edward dolnick has done a terrific job in the rescue artist of opening up all the elements of a specific eventthe theft of edward munchs famous painting the scream and bringing them together like a skilled choreographer, resulting in a great reading experience. A true story of art, thieves, and the hunt for a missing masterpiece edward dolnick in the predawn hours of a gloomy february day in 1994, two thieves entered the national gallery in oslo and made off with one of the worlds.
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