The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
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In 2009, American flautist and champion fly-tier Edwin Rist broke into the British Museum of Natural History at Tring and stole hundreds of rare bird skins valued for Victorian salmon-fly feathers. Kirk Wallace Johnson follows the bizarre heist, the missing skins, and a years-long hunt that becomes a study of obsession and the urge to harvest nature's beauty.
Genres: True Crime
ISBN-13: 9781101981634
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