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The feather detective : mystery, mayhem, and the magnificent life of Roxie Laybourne / Chris Sweeney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sweeney, Chris, 1983- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Laybourne, Roxie C., 1910-2003.
- Laybourne, Roxie C.
- Museum of Natural History (U.S.)--Officials and employees--Biography.
- Museum of Natural History (U.S.).
- Forensic ornithologists--United States--Biography.
- Forensic ornithologists.
- Forensic ornithology--United States--History.
- Forensic ornithology.
- Manassas (Va.)--Biography.
- Manassas (Va.).
- Ornithologists--United States--Biography.
- Ornithologists.
- Ornithology--United States--History.
- Ornithology.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Mystery, mayhem, and the magnificent life of Roxie Laybourne
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Avid Reader Press, [2025]
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version Sweeney, Chris, 1983- Feather detective
- ISBN:
- 9781668025840
- 1668025841
- 9781668025857
- 166802585X
- OCLC:
- 1527895294
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