Description Robert M.
He lives with his family in Dallas, Texas..
Mark\'s School of Texas.
He has served as a trustee on numerous not-for-profit organizations, including The National WWII Museum and St.
Edsel has received numerous awards for his work honoring the Monuments Men and Women and his advocacy of art preservation.
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In 2007 he founded the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the United States\' highest honor for work in the humanities.
He is also the coproducer of an Emmy-nominated documentary film.
Edsel is the author of three books about the Monuments Men, including the #1 New York Times bestseller The Monuments Men, which Academy Award recipient George Clooney adapted into a feature film in 2014; and Saving Italy, also a New York Times bestseller.
About the author Robert M.
As the war raged, these American and British volunteers -- museum curators, art scholars and educators, architects, archivists, and artists, known as the Monuments Men -- found themselves in a desperate race against time to locate and save the many priceless treasures and works of art stolen by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
The Greatest Treasure Hunt in HiStory recounts the astonishing true Story of 11 men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of Western civilization.
As the most destructive war in hiStory ravaged Europe, many of the world\'s most cherished cultural objects were in harm\'s way.
Edsel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men, brings this Story to young readers for the first time in a sweeping, dynamic adventure detailing history\'s Greatest Treasure hunt.
Description Robert M
