The Feather Thief: The Natural History Heist of the Century
ISBN: 9780099510666
Author | Johnson, Kirk Wallace |
Pub Date | 04/04/2019 |
Binding | Paperback |
Pages | 320 |
Country | GBR |
Dewey | 364.162859 |
Quick overview vivid and arresting' The Times One summer evening in 2009, twenty-year-old musical prodigy Edwin Rist broke into the Natural History Museum at Tring, home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world. Once inside, Rist grabbed as many rare bird specimens as he was able to carry before escaping into the darkness.