Kirk Wallace Johnson The Feather Thief (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Feather ThiefCondition: NewEAN: 9780099510666ISBN: 9780099510666Publisher: Windmill BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/04/2019Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 20mmItem Weight: 247gAuthor: Kirk Wallace JohnsonLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The Natural History Heist of the CenturyISBN-10: 0099510669Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLD DAGGER AWARD'A tale of obsession ... vivid and arresting' The TimesOne summer evening in 2009, twenty-year-old musical prodigy Edwin Rist broke into the Natural History Museum at Tring, home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world. Once inside, Rist grabbed as many rare bird specimens as he was able to carry before escaping into the darkness. Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist-deep in a river in New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide first told him about the heist. But what would possess a person to steal dead birds? And had Rist paid for his crime? In search of answers, Johnson embarked upon a worldwide investigation, leading him into the fiercely secretive underground community obsessed with the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Was Edwin Rist a genius or narcissist? Mastermind or pawn?Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: BiographyTopic: Home Garden & PetsRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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