Documents the dispersal of Russian art in the United States, beginning with the works exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904.
John McPhee's The Ransom of Russian Art is a suspenseful, chilling, and fascinating report on a covert operation like no other. It offers unprecedented insight
The “altogether astonishing” true story of a black American finding fame and fortune in Moscow and Constantinople at the turn of the 20th century (Booklist,