The Hunt for History: On the Trail of the World's Lost Treasures?from the Letters of Lincoln, Churchill, and Einstein to the Secret Recordings Onboard JFK's Air Force One By : Nathan Raab
Book Excerpt :
Nathan Raab, America?s preeminent rare documents dealer, describes his years as the Sherlock Holmes of historical artifacts?questing after precious finds and determining their authenticity?and he shows us what the past can tell us about the present.A box uncovered in a Maine attic with twenty letters written by Alexander Hamilton; a handheld address to Congress by President George Washington; a long-lost Gold Medal that belonged to an American President; a note that Winston Churchill wrote to his captor when he was a young POW in South Africa; paperwork signed and filled out by Amelia Earhart when she became the first woman to fly the Atlantic; an American flag carried to the moon and back by Neil Armstrong; an unpublished letter written by Albert Einstein, discussing his theory of relativity. Each day, people from all over the world contact Nathan Raab for help understanding what they have, what it might be worth, and how to sell it. The Raab Collection?s president, Nathan is a
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