A review by leahjanespeare
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

informative

4.0

The victims of this crime are bird feathers. Yep. That’s right. This crime is quite unique because there are no dead bodies. And not only will you learn about a heist that involved a suitcase, eBay, and hundreds of feathers, but the history of feathers in fashion, the inception of fly fishing, and the art of fly tying that’s come out of it. I found this an extremely compelling narrative that connects many subjects from environmentalism to ethics, so there’s something for everyone!


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