The feather thief: beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century
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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.
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Fly tying -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Natural History Museum (London, England)
Rist, Edwin.
Theft from museums -- England -- Case studies.
Thieves -- United States -- Biography.
Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum (Tring, England)
Zoological specimens -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
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Johnson, K. W. (2018). The feather thief: beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century. New York, Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Johnson, Kirk W.. 2018. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century. New York, Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Johnson, Kirk W., The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century. New York, Viking, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Johnson, Kirk W.. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century. New York, Viking, 2018.
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