Tim Carpenter, author of THE GRAVE ROBBER, a Boswell event
Schedule
Tue Dec 09 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Boswell Book Company | Milwaukee, WI
Tim Carpenter in conversation with David Bass at Boswell Book CompanyAbout this Event
Boswell Book Company presents an evening with Tim Carpenter, author of The Grave Robber: The Biggest Stolen Artifacts Case in FBI History and the Bureau's Quest to Set Things Right, the unbelievable true story of how one man stole tens of thousands of priceless artifacts and human remains from around the world - and the FBI's massive undertaking to set things right. He'll be joined in conversation by David Bass, retired FBI Special Agent on the Art Crime Team.
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Tim Carpenter is the FBI’s Art Crime Team Senior Special Advisor. He led the Art Crime Team for nearly 6 years and was the first member of the team promoted from within to lead it. He is a former bomb technician and police officer and served nearly twelve years in the US Air Force and Air Force Reserve as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician. Carpenter has been featured in Vanity Fair, the Washington Post Magazine, and on NPR, CBS, and more. Carpenter started and led the FBI’s largest recovery of stolen and looted cultural property in the Bureau’s history during the landmark Don Miller case. Carpenter is also the recipient of the FBI Director’s Award – the highest honor in the FBI.
Where is it happening?
Boswell Book Company, 2559 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, United StatesUSD 0.00



















