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Robert M. Edsel

Author of The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

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Robert M. Edsel was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1956. He is the author of several non-fiction books including Rescuing Da Vinci, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, and Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis. The Monuments Men was adapted into a film starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, and Cate Blanchett. Edsel is the founder and president of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, which received the 2007 National Humanities Medal under President George W. Bush. (Bowker Author Biography)
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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure… 2,651 copies, 88 reviews
Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis 313 copies, 11 reviews
Rescuing Da Vinci: Hitler and the Nazis Stole Europe's Great Art -… 191 copies, 4 reviews
The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History: The Story of the Monuments Men… 142 copies, 5 reviews
Lindsay, Kenneth 2 copies
Pomrenze, Seymour 2 copies
Delibes, Claude 2 copies
Monuments Men Altered History 2 copies
Altmann, Jacques 1 copy
Gubenko, Nikolai 1 copy
Ettlinger, Harry (Loose Transcripts) 1 copy
Keller, William 1 copy
Robbins, Suzanna Geisse 1 copy
Griebert, Peter 1 copy
Todorow, Maria Fossi (Select Excerpts) 1 copy
Malamut, Leonard (Select Excerpts) 1 copy
Ettlinger, Harry (Select Excerpts) 1 copy
Forlino, Mario 1 copy
Fischeringer 1 copy
Griebert and Petropoulos 1 copy
France Transcripts 1 copy
Fischer, Wolfgang George 1 copy
Petropoulos, Jonathan 1 copy
Ukhnalev, Evgeny 1 copy
Croft, Jill 1 copy
Cole, Bruce 1 copy
Reeds, James (after Senate Congressional Ceremony June 6 08) 1 copy
Sponenberg, Mark (Oral Statement) 1 copy
Smyth, Craig (Oral Statement) 1 copy
Moveable Feast Authors: Robert Edsel 1 copy
Quessenberry, Mary Regan 1 copy
Scarpitta, Salvatore 1 copy
Apgar, Horace (Oral Statement) 1 copy
Ettlinger, Harry (Oral Statement) 1 copy
Todorow, Maria Fossi 1 copy
Faison, S. Lane (Select Excerpts) 1 copy
Wieworka, Anette 1 copy
Nirenstein, Wanda Lattes 1 copy
Parkhurst, Charles 1 copy
Faison, S. Lane (Oral Statement) 1 copy
Shydkoy, Mikhail 1 copy
Piotrovsky, Mikhail 1 copy
Zamoyski, Count Adam 1 copy
Malamut, Leonard 1 copy
SMU Tate Lecture Series 1 copy
Consider This 1 copy
Is Art Worth a Life? Hitler, War, and the Monuments Men 1 copy
Heroes of Civilization: The Monuments Men 1 copy
Anshe ha-monumenṭim 1 copy
Baracchini, Clara 1 copy
Altmann, Maria 1 copy
Skattejakt bak nazistenes linjer 1 copy
Monuments Men Interviews: Thomas Hoving 1 copy
BorderBowl 1 copy
"The 'Monuments Men' changed history 1 copy
"Out of Harm's Way" 1 copy
"Rare Art May Have Been Lost if Not for Monuments Men" 1 copy
"D-Day snub is shameful" 1 copy
"Monumental Victory" 1 copy
The Invisible Heroes: The Monuments Men 1 copy
Monuments Men- Saving the Art 1 copy
"The Art Army: Harvard's Monuments Men at War" 1 copy
Bianchini, Mirna 1 copy
Capponi, Neri 1 copy
Buehler, Ernie 1 copy
Toman, Gottfried 1 copy
Feroci, Enrico Nelli 1 copy
Pasquier, Alaine 1 copy
Pomerade, Vincent 1 copy
Young, Kim Oak 1 copy
Rossmeissl, Ralf 1 copy
Kamienski, Andrej 1 copy
D'este, Giuseppe 1 copy
Gradini, Ersilla 1 copy
Cecchi, Alessandro 1 copy
Chermont, Isabelle de 1 copy
Czeka, Maria Osterwa 1 copy
Smyth, Craig Hugh 1 copy
Ettlinger, Harry 1 copy
Nicholas, Lynn 1 copy
Faison, S. Lane 1 copy
Olschki, Alessandro and Massimo Becattini 1 copy
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Canonical name
Edsel, Robert M.
Legal name
Edsel, Robert Morse
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Date of birth
1956-12-28
Date of death
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Gender
male
Nationality
USA
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Birthplace
Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Place of death
Cause of death
Places of residence
Dallas, Texas, USA
Florence, Italy
New York, New York, USA
Education
Southern Methodist University (BA)
Occupations
oil company executive
producer
arts patron
Relationships
Morse, Norma Louise (mother)
Edsel, Alpha Ray (father)
Agents
Organizations
Gemini Production (Founder)
Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art (Founder and President)
Awards and honors
President’s Call to Service Award (2008)
“Hope for Humanity Award” from the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance (2008)
Short biography
Robert Morse Edsel (born 28 Dec 1956) is an American writer and businessman. He is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the non-fiction books Rescuing Da Vinci, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History and Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis, about art treasures preserved during and after World War II and the heroes who saved them. Edsel is the founder and president of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art which received the 2007 National Humanities Medal under President George W. Bush and has donated two albums of photographic evidence of the Third Reich's theft of art treasures to the United States National Archives.
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