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The feather thief : beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century, by Kirk Wallace Johnson, (text large print)

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On a cool June evening in 2009, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist grabbed hundreds of bird skins - some collected 150 years earlier - and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? This is the gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
Large print edition.
Extent
483 pages
Contents
  • The trials of Alfred Russel Wallace
  • Lord Rothschild's Museum
  • The feather fever
  • Birth of a movement
  • The Victorian Brotherhood of Fly-tiers
  • The future of fly-tying
  • Featherless in London
  • Plan for museum invasion.doc
  • The case of the broken window
  • "A very unusual crime"
  • Hot birds on a cold trail
  • Fluteplayer 1988
  • Behind bars
  • Rot in hell
  • The diagnosis
  • The Asperger's defense
  • The missing skins
  • The 21st International Fly Tying Symposium
  • The lost memory of the ocean
  • Chasing leads in a time machine
  • Dr. Prum's thumb drive
  • "I'm not a thief"
  • Three days in Norway
  • Michelangelo vanishes
  • Feathers in the bloodstream
Isbn
9781432853174
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The feather thief : beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century
Title
The feather thief
Title remainder
beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century
Statement of responsibility
by Kirk Wallace Johnson
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Author
Subject
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Language
eng
Summary
On a cool June evening in 2009, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist grabbed hundreds of bird skins - some collected 150 years earlier - and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? This is the gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice
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Johnson, Kirk W
Dewey number
364.16/28598
Index
no index present
LC call number
HV6665.G72
LC item number
J64 2018b
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Rist, Edwin
  • Natural History Museum (London, England)
  • Theft from museums
  • Zoological specimens
  • Fly tying
Target audience
adult
Label
The feather thief : beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century, by Kirk Wallace Johnson, (text large print)
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The trials of Alfred Russel Wallace -- Lord Rothschild's Museum -- The feather fever -- Birth of a movement -- The Victorian Brotherhood of Fly-tiers -- The future of fly-tying -- Featherless in London -- Plan for museum invasion.doc -- The case of the broken window -- "A very unusual crime" -- Hot birds on a cold trail -- Fluteplayer 1988 -- Behind bars -- Rot in hell -- The diagnosis -- The Asperger's defense -- The missing skins -- The 21st International Fly Tying Symposium -- The lost memory of the ocean -- Chasing leads in a time machine -- Dr. Prum's thumb drive -- "I'm not a thief" -- Three days in Norway -- Michelangelo vanishes -- Feathers in the bloodstream
Dimensions
22 cm.
Edition
Large print edition.
Extent
483 pages
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9781432853174
Lccn
2018013175
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Specific material designation
large print
System control number
  • on1041709357
  • (OCoLC)1041709357
Label
The feather thief : beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century, by Kirk Wallace Johnson, (text large print)
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The trials of Alfred Russel Wallace -- Lord Rothschild's Museum -- The feather fever -- Birth of a movement -- The Victorian Brotherhood of Fly-tiers -- The future of fly-tying -- Featherless in London -- Plan for museum invasion.doc -- The case of the broken window -- "A very unusual crime" -- Hot birds on a cold trail -- Fluteplayer 1988 -- Behind bars -- Rot in hell -- The diagnosis -- The Asperger's defense -- The missing skins -- The 21st International Fly Tying Symposium -- The lost memory of the ocean -- Chasing leads in a time machine -- Dr. Prum's thumb drive -- "I'm not a thief" -- Three days in Norway -- Michelangelo vanishes -- Feathers in the bloodstream
Dimensions
22 cm.
Edition
Large print edition.
Extent
483 pages
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9781432853174
Lccn
2018013175
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Specific material designation
large print
System control number
  • on1041709357
  • (OCoLC)1041709357

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