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The Feather Thief : : beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century
| Title | The Feather Thief : : beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century |
| Book Number | DB090801 |
| Names | Johnson, Kirk W. |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/db.90801 |
| Downloadable talking book. | |
| Narrator | Andrews, MacLeod |
| Language | English |
| Annotation | Chronicle of the 2009 theft of 299 rare bird skins from a natural history museum by a musician for the purpose of supporting his hobby: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Discusses the underground world of feather enthusiasts, the history of the specimens, the investigation of the crime, and more. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. |
| Local Subject | Crime, True Crimes, Criminals - 364C |
| Social problems - Criminology, Crime - 364 | |
| Adult Book - AD | |
| Adult NonFiction - AN | |
| Geology & Earth Sciences - 550 | |
| Audience Notes | Male Narrator. NLS/BPH |
| Unrated. NLS/BPH |
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| Commercial audiobook. NLS/BPH |
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| LC Subject | Fly tying - Great Britain - Case studies |
| Theft from museums - Great Britain - Case studies |
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| Zoological specimens - Great Britain - Case studies |
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| Nonfiction |
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| Downloadable books |
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| Call Number | 364.1628598 ANF |
| Released | 2018 |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : (NLS, recording studio) 2018 (NLS, recording studio) |
| Original Publication | Reissue of: New York : Penguin Audio, [2018] c2018 9780525530060 |
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