Here’s a profile of Thomas Durrer, the University of Virginia detective assigned to the Gilbert Bland map theft case, in the spring 2016 issue of*Virginia, the university’s alumni magazine. [via]
Bland’s career predated Forbes Smiley’s (he lacked Smiley’s ostensible pedigree) and was the focus of*Miles Harvey’s 2000 book*The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime*(Amazon,*iBooks).
Smiley was, of course, the subject of Michael Blanding’s 2014 book*The Map Thief*(Amazon, iBooks; see my review). Blanding is on a bit of a campus speaking tour at the moment, discussing the Smiley case. He’s at the University of Florida tonight, the University of Miami tomorrow night, and more*college campuses in April and May.
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Bland’s career predated Forbes Smiley’s (he lacked Smiley’s ostensible pedigree) and was the focus of*Miles Harvey’s 2000 book*The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime*(Amazon,*iBooks).Smiley was, of course, the subject of Michael Blanding’s 2014 book*The Map Thief*(Amazon, iBooks; see my review). Blanding is on a bit of a campus speaking tour at the moment, discussing the Smiley case. He’s at the University of Florida tonight, the University of Miami tomorrow night, and more*college campuses in April and May.
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