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The subject line is the title of an online article by Michael
Blanding in this Sunday's issue of the <u>Boston Globe</u>'s
magazine:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2014/05/23/trail-martha-vineyard-rare-map-thief/qbFFssloEpByBZ4vK14DgL/story.html">http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2014/05/23/trail-martha-vineyard-rare-map-thief/qbFFssloEpByBZ4vK14DgL/story.html</a>
. The piece closes:<br>
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<blockquote>"...David Cobb, former curator of the Harvard Map
Collection, will never forget a conference he attended in
Guatemala a few years after Smiley’s thefts. Giving a talk about
security to a few dozen map collectors, he asked, “Do any of you
think you have stolen maps in your collection?” None of them
raised their hands.
<p>Next Cobb asked, “Would any of you refuse to purchase a
stolen map if you knew it was stolen?” Again, none of them
raised their hands."<br>
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<p>This piece was adapted from Blanding's soon-to-be-released work,
already known to many on this list, <u>The Map Thief</u>, shortly
to be released by Gotham Books.<br>
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<p> Joel Kovarsky<br>
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