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The falcon thief : a true tale of adventure, treachery, and the hunt for the perfect bird, Joshua Hammer
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- Summary
- A rollicking true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggs-and the wildlife detective determined to stop him. On May 3, 2010, an Irish national named Jeffrey Lendrum was apprehended at Britain's Birmingham International Airport with a suspicious parcel strapped to his stomach. Inside were fourteen rare peregrine falcon eggs snatched from a remote cliffside in Wales. So begins a tale almost too bizarre to believe, following the parallel lives of a globe-trotting smuggler who spent two decades capturing endangered raptors worth millions of dollars as race champions-and Detective Andy McWilliam of the United Kingdom's National Wildlife Crime Unit, who's hell bent on protecting the world's birds of prey. The Falcon Thief whisks readers from the volcanoes of Patagonia to Zimbabwe's Matobo National Park, and from the frigid tundra near the Arctic Circle to luxurious aviaries in the deserts of Dubai, all in pursuit of a man who is reckless, arrogant, and gripped by a destructive compulsion to make the most beautiful creatures in nature his own. It's a story that's part true-crime narrative, part epic adventure-and wholly unputdownable until the very last page
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501191886
- Label
- The falcon thief : a true tale of adventure, treachery, and the hunt for the perfect bird
- Title
- The falcon thief
- Title remainder
- a true tale of adventure, treachery, and the hunt for the perfect bird
- Statement of responsibility
- Joshua Hammer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A rollicking true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggs-and the wildlife detective determined to stop him. On May 3, 2010, an Irish national named Jeffrey Lendrum was apprehended at Britain's Birmingham International Airport with a suspicious parcel strapped to his stomach. Inside were fourteen rare peregrine falcon eggs snatched from a remote cliffside in Wales. So begins a tale almost too bizarre to believe, following the parallel lives of a globe-trotting smuggler who spent two decades capturing endangered raptors worth millions of dollars as race champions-and Detective Andy McWilliam of the United Kingdom's National Wildlife Crime Unit, who's hell bent on protecting the world's birds of prey. The Falcon Thief whisks readers from the volcanoes of Patagonia to Zimbabwe's Matobo National Park, and from the frigid tundra near the Arctic Circle to luxurious aviaries in the deserts of Dubai, all in pursuit of a man who is reckless, arrogant, and gripped by a destructive compulsion to make the most beautiful creatures in nature his own. It's a story that's part true-crime narrative, part epic adventure-and wholly unputdownable until the very last page
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hammer, Joshua
- Dewey number
- 364.16
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Falconry
- Falcons
- Falcons
- Wildlife crimes
- Wild bird trade
- Rare birds
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The falcon thief : a true tale of adventure, treachery, and the hunt for the perfect bird, Joshua Hammer
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067027092
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501191886
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- jb2020360685
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1105950199
- Label
- The falcon thief : a true tale of adventure, treachery, and the hunt for the perfect bird, Joshua Hammer
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067027092
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501191886
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- jb2020360685
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1105950199
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