The rare Civil War battle flag carried into battle by one of the nation’s first African-American regiments. The headdress Geronimo wore at his final Pow-Wow. The Rodin sculpture that inspired the Impressionist movement.
In this page-turning memoir, Wittman fascinates with the stories behind his recoveries of priceless art and antiquities: The golden armor of an ancient Peruvian warrior king. He went undercover, usually unarmed, to catch art thieves, scammers, and black market traders in Paris and Philadelphia, Rio and Santa Fe, Miami and Madrid. Rising from humble roots as the son of an antique dealer, Wittman built a twenty-year career that was nothing short of extraordinary.
Wittman, the founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team, pulls back the curtain on his remarkable career for the first time, offering a real-life international thriller to rival The Thomas Crown Affair. The Wall Street Journal called him “a living legend.” The London Times dubbed him “the most famous art detective in the world.”
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