The Resource The feather thief : beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century, Kirk Wallace Johnson
The feather thief : beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century, Kirk Wallace Johnson
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages
- Contents
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- Prologue
- Dead birds and rich men. 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
- The Tring heist. 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
- Truth and consequences. 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 ; Flowers in the bloodstream
- Isbn
- 9781101981610
- Label
- 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
- Kirk Wallace Johnson
- Subject
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- trueInvestigative journalism
- Natural History Museum (London, England)
- trueNatural history
- trueNatural history museums
- trueNaturalists
- trueOrnithologists
- trueStealing
- Theft from museums -- Great Britain -- Case studies
- trueThieves
- trueTrials (Robbery)
- True crime stories
- Zoological specimens -- Great Britain -- Case studies
- Rist, Edwin
- trueBirds
- trueFeathers
- trueFly tying
- Fly tying -- Great Britain -- Case studies
- 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
- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2019.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10638371
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johnson, Kirk W
- Dewey number
- 364.16/28598
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6665.G72
- LC item number
- J64 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Rist, Edwin
- Natural History Museum (London, England)
- Theft from museums
- Zoological specimens
- Fly tying
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century
- Label
- The feather thief : beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century, Kirk Wallace Johnson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-280 and [283]-289) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Dead birds and rich men. 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 -- The Tring heist. 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 -- Truth and consequences. 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 ; Flowers in the bloodstream
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9781101981610
- Lccn
- 2018013162
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
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- 999407802
- (OCoLC)999407802
- Label
- The feather thief : beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century, Kirk Wallace Johnson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-280 and [283]-289) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Dead birds and rich men. 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 -- The Tring heist. 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 -- Truth and consequences. 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 ; Flowers in the bloodstream
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9781101981610
- Lccn
- 2018013162
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- 999407802
- (OCoLC)999407802
Subject
- trueInvestigative journalism
- Natural History Museum (London, England)
- trueNatural history
- trueNatural history museums
- trueNaturalists
- trueOrnithologists
- trueStealing
- Theft from museums -- Great Britain -- Case studies
- trueThieves
- trueTrials (Robbery)
- True crime stories
- Zoological specimens -- Great Britain -- Case studies
- Rist, Edwin
- trueBirds
- trueFeathers
- trueFly tying
- Fly tying -- Great Britain -- Case studies
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- trueALA Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2019
- trueBook Club Best Bets for Nonfiction Fans
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