Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower
Author: Pizzoli, Greg
ISBN: 9780670016525
Publisher: Viking
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 42
Dimensions: 247mm x 195mm x 11mm
Format: Hardback
Description
This is the true story of one of the most crooked con men ever to have lived, a man whose infamous scheme led him to be known by the Secret Service, police, and admirers around the globe as 'The Man Who Stole the Eiffel Tower.'
This is the true story of one of the most crooked con men ever to have lived, a man whose infamous scheme led him to be known by the Secret Service, police, and admirers around the globe as 'The Man Who Stole the Eiffel Tower.'
A Junior Library Guild Selection
'What a con job!I mean that in the best possible way.Vic was tricky but so is Greg Pizzoli. His storytelling and mixed-media artwork is rendered with expert sleight of hand.'Lane Smith, Caldecott Honor winner for The Stinky Cheese Man and Grandpa Green
'It's hard enough to make a well-told story out of real-life things-it's almost unfair that Greg Pizzoli could also make it this pretty.'Jon Klassen, Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator of This Is Not My Hat
ISBN: 9780670016525
Publisher: Viking
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 42
Dimensions: 247mm x 195mm x 11mm
Format: Hardback
Description
This is the true story of one of the most crooked con men ever to have lived, a man whose infamous scheme led him to be known by the Secret Service, police, and admirers around the globe as 'The Man Who Stole the Eiffel Tower.'
This is the true story of one of the most crooked con men ever to have lived, a man whose infamous scheme led him to be known by the Secret Service, police, and admirers around the globe as 'The Man Who Stole the Eiffel Tower.'
A Junior Library Guild Selection
'What a con job!I mean that in the best possible way.Vic was tricky but so is Greg Pizzoli. His storytelling and mixed-media artwork is rendered with expert sleight of hand.'Lane Smith, Caldecott Honor winner for The Stinky Cheese Man and Grandpa Green
'It's hard enough to make a well-told story out of real-life things-it's almost unfair that Greg Pizzoli could also make it this pretty.'Jon Klassen, Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator of This Is Not My Hat
