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The Feather Thief by Kirk W. Johnson is a true-crime book about a 2009 heist where a young American flautist, Edwin Rist, stole hundreds of rare bird skins from the British Museum of Natural History to use for tying elaborate salmon fishing flies. The book explores the underground world of obsessive fly-tiers, the history of natural history collection (including Darwin's contemporary Alfred Russel Wallace), and the author's own investigation into the crime, blending natural history, crime, and a meditation on obsession and greed.