Miles Harvey

A knack for survival

by Keith Taylor

posted 6/1/2008

A few years ago Miles Harvey hit it big with his nonfiction book The Island of Lost Maps, which not only told a fascinating story about a thief who cut maps from rare old books housed in North America's best libraries, but also led Harvey's readers through the maze of dealers and collectors whose passions are inflamed and whose morals are compromised by

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