The feather detective : mystery, mayhem, and the magnificent life of Roxie Laybourne / Chris Sweeney.
2025
Non-Fiction
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Title
The feather detective : mystery, mayhem, and the magnificent life of Roxie Laybourne / Chris Sweeney.
Edition
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Imprint
New York, NY : Avid Reader Press, [2025]
Copyright
©2025
Description
xi, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Part I: Life and death and feathers. Greetings from "Schmaltzport"
Crash
Part II: Ends and beginnings. A Most Unusual Bequeathment
Nothin' but a Tar Heel
Deadbeats and Dead Animals
Part III: The Nation's Attic. Do the Work, Keep Your Mouth Shut
Puzzles
Whoopie and Whoopers
Turbulence in '64
Part IV: CSI: Smithsonian. Tarred and Feathered
Lightweight Evidence
A Friend at the FBI
The Loon and the Learjet
Try to Be Nice
Poaching at the Billionaire's Estate
Part V: Departures. Top Gun Tragedies
A Dove Named Carla
Swan Songs
"Grow Old Along with Me!"
Epilogue: No Snake Guts, No Glory.
Crash
Part II: Ends and beginnings. A Most Unusual Bequeathment
Nothin' but a Tar Heel
Deadbeats and Dead Animals
Part III: The Nation's Attic. Do the Work, Keep Your Mouth Shut
Puzzles
Whoopie and Whoopers
Turbulence in '64
Part IV: CSI: Smithsonian. Tarred and Feathered
Lightweight Evidence
A Friend at the FBI
The Loon and the Learjet
Try to Be Nice
Poaching at the Billionaire's Estate
Part V: Departures. Top Gun Tragedies
A Dove Named Carla
Swan Songs
"Grow Old Along with Me!"
Epilogue: No Snake Guts, No Glory.
Summary
"The fascinating and remarkable true story of the world's first forensic ornithologist- Roxie Laybourne, who broke down barriers for women, solved murders, and investigated deadly airplane crashes with nothing more than a microscope and a few fragments of feathers"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version Sweeney, Chris, 1983- Feather detective New York : Avid Reader Press, [2025]
Call Number
Non-Fiction
Language
English
ISBN
9781668025840 hardcover
1668025841 hardcover
9781668025857 paperback
166802585X paperback
9781668025864 electronic book
1668025841 hardcover
9781668025857 paperback
166802585X paperback
9781668025864 electronic book
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