i was so curious about what motivated john gilkey that it was quite easy. he was so willing to share his story. he taught me almost everything. everything but where the books are hidden. so that can quite easily. i found the story in that spring of 2005 and interviewed gilkey in may. then in the fall i wrote a magazine article about it, which gilkey read and enjoyed very much. much to my relief. and then it just continued. acting my curious to really made it easy. i really wanted to know more about the story. and the collectors and dealers to have met with i just loved interviewing because they are all interesting people who left books. i appreciated what they were doing, and they all -- you know what, they are all great storytellers. this is what was really fascinating. the first time i went to a rare book fair it was indy york. it was that spring. i just knew this was a great story read from the start. i booked tickets to get to new york to this fair. i urge all of you to get to the san francisco rare book fair. it is the biggest one in the world. it is l

antiquarian booksellers association about how he has spent three years tracking down this thief named in john gilkey. so i called mr. sanders and i said it would you be able to tell your story and h