Title The falcon thief : a true tale of adventure, treachery, and the hunt for the perfect bird / Joshua Hammer.

Publication Info.	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
	©2020

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Edition	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description	xiv, 317 pages ; 22 cm
Note	"February 2020"--Title page verso.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-301) and index.
Contents	Prologue -- The airport -- The investigator -- The interview -- The art of falconry -- Rhodesia -- Liverpool -- The trial -- The collectors -- AfricaXtreme -- Dubai -- Operation Chilly -- Busted -- The unit -- The Rhondda Valley -- Prison -- Patagonia -- Gauteng -- Epilogue.
Summary	On May 3, 2010, Irish national 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. Hammer follows 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 is hell bent on protecting the world's birds of prey. It's a story that's part true-crime narrative, part epic adventure-- and wholly unputdownable. -- adapted from jacket
Subject	Wildlife crimes.
	Falcons -- Eggs.
	Wild bird trade.
	Rare birds.
	Falconry -- Corrupt practices.
	TRUE CRIME / Heists & Robberies.
	NATURE / Animals / Birds.
	TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure.
	Rare birds. (OCoLC)fst01090092
	Wild bird trade. (OCoLC)fst01175065
	Wildlife crimes. (OCoLC)fst01175298
	Wildlife crimes.
	Falcons.
	Wild bird industry.
	Undercover wildlife agents.
Genre/Form	True crime stories.
	True crime stories.
Other Form:	Online version: Hammer, Joshua, 1957- The falcon thief New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020. 9781501191893 (DLC) 2019031608
ISBN	9781501191886 hardcover
	1501191888 hardcover
	9781501191893 ebook
Standard No.	40029813509

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