ANGLERS BOOK SUPPLY

THE FEATHER THIEF

$18.00

Discover the extraordinary real-life story of "The Feather Thief." As heard on NPR's This American Life, "The Feather Thief" follows a captivating journey into the underground world of fly-tiers and plume peddlers. NPR's Fresh Air praised it as "absorbingly thrilling," and the Christian Science Monitor deemed it "one of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever." Get ready for a rollicking true-crime adventure that will leave you spellbound.

Pickup available at Shop location

Usually ready in 2 hours

Product information

 

SHIPPING:

ORDER PROCESSING:
Most orders are shipped by the next business day! Please allow 1-3 days to process your order. Expect an email within 3 days to let you know your order is on the way!

FLAT RATE SHIPPING: 
Orders are generally shipped within 1-2 days using FedEX, UPS, and USPS. Flat rate shipping fee of $10 applies to orders less than $50.​​

DOMESTIC SHIPPING RATES AND ESTIMATES:  
We offer $10 flat rate shipping for orders less than $50. Free economy shipping on all orders over $50. Expedited shipping available for an additional cost. 

 

RETURNS:

We have a 30-day return policy, which means you have 30 days after receiving your item to request a return. Closeout sales are final, no returns.

To be eligible for a return, your item must be in the same condition that you received it, unworn or unused, with tags, and in its original packaging.

You’ll also need the receipt or proof of purchase. To start a return, you can send us a message.

Please note that returns will need to be sent to the following address: 2205 AMHERST AVE, BUTTE, MT 59701

If your return is accepted, we’ll send you a return shipping label, as well as instructions on how and where to send your package. Items sent back to us without first requesting a return will not be accepted.

In the event that your order arrives damaged in any way, please send us a message as soon as possible with your order number and a photo of the item’s condition. We address these on a case-by-case basis but will try our best to work towards a satisfactory solution.You can always contact us for any return question at admin@thestonefly.com.

Product details

On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins—some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin's, Alfred Russel Wallace, who'd risked everything to gather them—and escaped into the darkness.

Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.

Recently viewed products

See something you like?