Blanding - The Map Thief

Also by Michael Blanding

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SMILEYS NEW ENGLAND.

To Zachary and Cleo
May you always find your way.

Contents

List of Characters

ALL TITLES AS OF JUNE 2005, unless otherwise noted.

The Dealers

M ARTHA S V INEYARD

Edward Forbes Smiley III

N E W Y ORK

B. Altman and Co. (closed 1985)

Rosejeanne Slifer (d. 1989)

Arader Galleries

Graham Arader

The Old Print Shop

Harry Newman

Robert Newman

Richard B. Arkway, Inc.

Dick Arkway

Paul Cohen

Henry Taliaferro

N EW H AVEN

Bill Reese

L ONDON

Philip Burden

Ashley Baynton-Williams

Jonathan Potter

R.V. Mick Tooley (d. 1986)

C HICAGO

Ken Nebenzahl

S AN D IEGO

Barry Ruderman

The Libraries

Y ALE U NIVERSITY

Alice Prochaska, head of libraries

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Frank Turner, director

E.C. Schroeder, head of technical services

Ellen Cordes, head of public services

Naomi Saito, library services assistant

Ralph Mannarino, supervisor of building operations and security

Sterling Memorial Library Map Collection

Fred Musto, curator

Margit Kaye, library services assistant

Abe Parrish, GIS specialist

Yale Police Department

Martin Buonfiglio, detective

Bill Holohan, lieutenant

N EW Y ORK P UBLIC L IBRARY

Paul LeClerc, president

David Ferriero, director of the research libraries

Bill Walker, former director of the research libraries

Map Division

Alice Hudson, chief

Matt Knudsen, assistant chief

Nancy Kandoian, map cataloger

Rare Book Division

Michael Inman, curator

B OSTON P UBLIC L IBRARY

Bernard Margolis, president

Norman B. Leventhal Map Center

Ron Grim, curator

Rare Books Department

Earle Havens, curator of manuscripts

Roberta Zonghi, keeper of rare books

H ARVARD U NIV ERSITY

Nancy Cline, head of libraries

Houghton Library

Bill Stoneman, librarian

Map Collection

David Cobb, curator

B RITISH L IBRA RY

Clive Field, director of scholarship and collections

Map Library

Peter Barber, director

Tony Campbell, former director (retired)

N EWBERRY L IBRARY

Charles Cullen, president

Maps Section

Bob Karrow, curator

Collectors

Norman Leventhal (Boston)

Lawrence Slaughter (Larchmont, New York)

Harold Osher (Portland, Maine)

Barry McLean (Chicago)

Bob Gordon (New York)

Jim Curtis (Boston)

Smileys Family and Friends

F AMILY

Edward Forbes Smiley II, father

Adele Smiley, mother

Edward Ned Forbes Smiley IV, son

Marion Smiley, sister

Marilyn (Smiley) Phillips, sister

Susan (Smiley) Burns, twin sister

Lisa Smiley, wife

D ERRYFIELD S CHOOL

Paul Statt

Hilary Chaplain

H AMPSHIRE C OLLEGE

Scott Slater

Bennett Fischer

Scott Haas

Fred Melamed

Dick Cantwell

O THER

Bob von Elgg, Slaters brother-in-law

In Sebec

Glen Fariel, next-door neighbor, former selectman

David Mallett, president, Sebec Historical Society

Jayne Lello, manager, Sebec post office

Bill and Charlene Moriarty, owners, Sebec Village Marina

Buzz Small, selectman

Susan Dow, selectman

Walt Emmons, member, planning department

Louisa Finnemore, president, Sebec Reading Room Association (now Sebec Village Associates)

The Law

Stephen Kelleher, special agent, New Haven field office, FBI

Christopher Kit Schmeisser, assistant US attorney

Janet Bond Arterton, judge, US Court, District of Southern Connecticut

Michael Dearington, states attorney, state of Connecticut

Richard Damiani, judge, Connecticut District Court

Bob Goldman, former special trial attorney, US Justice Department, now managing partner, Goldman Law Offices

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