May 18: Book signing with Daniel Simone, author of “The Pierre Hotel Affair”

May 18: Book signing with Daniel Simone, author of “The Pierre Hotel Affair”

Date: May 18, 2018
Time: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the retail store
Cost: There is no cost to enter the Museum's retail store

 

Snug in their beds, still sleeping off their New Year’s celebratory hangovers, the wealthy guests of New York City’s posh Pierre Hotel rested easy in the belief that their jewels and valuables were safe and sound, locked in the hotel’s safety deposit boxes downstairs. But at 4 a.m. on January 2, 1972, a gang of eight tuxedo-clad men arrived in a limousine, forced their way past the night doorman, and systematically took control of the hotel in what was to become the biggest unsolved jewel heist in American history. This robbery case was never resolved, and though some members of the gang were caught, they were never convicted.

Daniel Simone, narrative nonfiction author, will sign copies of his book, The Pierre Hotel Affair, on Friday, May 18, from 2-5 p.m. in the Museum’s retail store. There is no charge to enter the retail store.

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