Kirk Wallace Johnson

One of my favorite things to read in non-fiction is books about people obsessed with something and the subculture surrounding those obsessions (cook-offs, scrabble, thru-hiking, etc) in this case that obsession is with exotic feathers used in the hobby of making Victoria salmon fly lures.

It’s weird, it’s interesting and I learned quite a bit about Victorian era explorers and naturalists. Highly recommend! it’s shocking to me that a crime like this could be so easily committed and the repercussions were really a huge surprise to me.

I read this on kindle and need to seek out the physical book to better appreciate the photos of the birds and lures but I think google did lots to help me there.
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