The falcon thief : a true tale of adventure, treachery, and the hunt for the perfect bird
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Central - Adult Nonfiction | 364.162859 HAMME | Checked Out | April 27, 2024 |
Courthouse - Adult Nonfiction | 364.162859 HAMME | Checked Out | May 14, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 317 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"February 2020"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-301) and index.
Description
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. -- from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hammer, J. (2020). The falcon thief: a true tale of adventure, treachery, and the hunt for the perfect bird . Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hammer, Joshua, 1957-. 2020. The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hammer, Joshua, 1957-. The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird Simon & Schuster, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hammer, Joshua. The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird Simon & Schuster, 2020.
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