The Map Thief
Authors: Michael Blanding
Also by Michael Blanding
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Frontispiece
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original illustrations by Jelmer Noordeman and Koen Harmsma, Bier en Brood. Figures
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map reproduction courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.
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Figure 9
from
Recollections of Sebec, Maine: Stories Across Two Generations
by Shirley Nason Wright, courtesy of Shirley Nason Wright.
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courtesy of Library of Congress, g3710 ct003573a.
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courtesy of the Library of Virginia.
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courtesy of Library of Congress, France in America collection.
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courtesy of Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc., www.raremaps.com.
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from Wikimedia Commons.
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courtesy of Library of Congress, g3200 ct000270.
Figure I
courtesy of Sterling Memorial Library Map Collection, Yale University Library.
Figure J
courtesy of Library of Congress, g3300 ct000232.
Figure K
courtesy of Library of Congress, g3700 ct000666.
Figure M
courtesy of Kris Butler and Shipyard Brewery.
Figure O
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AP Photo/Fred Beckham.
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SMILEY’S NEW ENGLAND.
To Zachary and Cleo
May you always find your way.
Contents
Chapter 1
THE EXPLORER AND THE THIEF
Chapter 4
WHO KNOWS THE MOST WINS
Chapter 9
MISSING MAPS, MISSING CARDS
Appendix A: Maps Smiley Admitted Stealing
List of Characters
ALL TITLES AS OF JUNE
2005, unless otherwise noted.
The Dealers
M
ARTHA
’
S
V
INEYARD
Edward Forbes Smiley III
N
E
W
Y
ORK
B. Altman and Co. (closed 1985)
Rosejeanne Slifer (d. 1989)
Arader Galleries
Graham Arader
The Old Print Shop
Harry Newman
Robert Newman
Richard B. Arkway, Inc.
Dick Arkway
Paul Cohen
Henry Taliaferro
N
EW
H
AVEN
Bill Reese
L
ONDON
Philip Burden
Ashley Baynton-Williams
Jonathan Potter
R.V. “Mick” Tooley (d. 1986)
C
HICAGO
Ken Nebenzahl
S
AN
D
IEGO
Barry Ruderman
The Libraries
Y
ALE
U
NIVERSITY
Alice Prochaska, head of libraries
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Frank Turner, director
E.C. Schroeder, head of technical services
Ellen Cordes, head of public services
Naomi Saito, library services assistant
Ralph Mannarino, supervisor of building operations and security
Sterling Memorial Library Map Collection
Fred Musto, curator
Margit Kaye, library services assistant
Abe Parrish, GIS specialist
Yale Police Department
Martin Buonfiglio, detective
Bill Holohan, lieutenant
N
EW
Y
ORK
P
UBLIC
L
IBRARY
Paul LeClerc, president
David Ferriero, director of the research libraries
Bill Walker, former director of the research libraries
Map Division
Alice Hudson, chief
Matt Knudsen, assistant chief
Nancy Kandoian, map cataloger
Rare Book Division
Michael Inman, curator
B
OSTON
P
UBLIC
L
IBRARY
Bernard Margolis, president
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Ron Grim, curator
Rare Books Department
Earle Havens, curator of manuscripts
Roberta Zonghi, keeper of rare books
H
ARVARD
U
NIV
ERSITY
Nancy Cline, head of libraries
Houghton Library
Bill Stoneman, librarian
Map Collection
David Cobb, curator
B
RITISH
L
IBRA
RY
Clive Field, director of scholarship and collections
Map Library
Peter Barber, director
Tony Campbell, former director (retired)
N
EWBERRY
L
IBRARY
Charles Cullen, president
Maps Section
Bob Karrow, curator
Collectors
Norman Leventhal (Boston)
Lawrence Slaughter (Larchmont, New York)
Harold Osher (Portland, Maine)
Barry McLean (Chicago)
Bob Gordon (New York)
Jim Curtis (Boston)
Smiley’s Family and Friends
F
AMILY
Edward Forbes Smiley II, father
Adele Smiley, mother
Edward “Ned” Forbes Smiley IV, son
Marion Smiley, sister
Marilyn (Smiley) Phillips, sister
Susan (Smiley) Burns, twin sister
Lisa Smiley, wife
D
ERRYFIELD
S
CHOOL
Paul Statt
Hilary Chaplain
H
AMPSHIRE
C
OLLEGE
Scott Slater
Bennett Fischer
Scott Haas
Fred Melamed
Dick Cantwell
O
THER
Bob von Elgg, Slater’s brother-in-law
In Sebec
Glen Fariel, next-door neighbor, former selectman
David Mallett, president, Sebec Historical Society
Jayne Lello, manager, Sebec post office
Bill and Charlene Moriarty, owners, Sebec Village Marina
Buzz Small, selectman
Susan Dow, selectman
Walt Emmons, member, planning department
Louisa Finnemore, president, Sebec Reading Room Association (now Sebec Village Associates)
The Law
Stephen Kelleher, special agent, New Haven field office, FBI
Christopher “Kit” Schmeisser, assistant US attorney
Janet Bond Arterton, judge, US Court, District of Southern Connecticut
Michael Dearington, state’s attorney, state of Connecticut
Richard Damiani, judge, Connecticut District Court
Bob Goldman, former special trial attorney, US Justice Department, now managing partner, Goldman Law Offices