The Feather Thief
Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
Format: Large Print
Description: 483 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
In June 2009, after performing in London, American flautist Edwin Rist took a train to an outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. The Tring museum housed rare bird specimens worth staggering amounts to those who shared Edwin's obsession with the art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside he grabbed hundreds of bird skins, then escaped into the darkness. This is the gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice.
Series: Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction.
Subjects:
Rist, Edwin.
Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum (Tring, England)
Theft from museums -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Zoological specimens -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Fly tying -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Large type books.
Rist, Edwin.
Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum (Tring, England)
Theft from museums -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Zoological specimens -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Fly tying -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Large type books.
ISBN:
9781432853174
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-477).