Status Updates From The Feather Thief: Beauty, ...

Good stuff!

Stories like this remind the reader of the importance of nature and it's blessings and how man's greed gets in the way. The extinction of species is akin to genocide, and the loss unfathomable. While we show disdain for racial injustice, Nature is overlooked, seas, are over fished and animals are factory raised for profit.

Fascinating how Russell Wallace, an unknown enthusiast in 1800s dedicated himself to cataloging thousands of species from remote islands in the southern hemisphere. While Charles Darwin's fame for Origin of the Species grew, Wallace had accomplished more by documenting his discoveries about the rarest of birds and their evolution. This sets the stage for what will follow

Another debut, the fly fishing author spins a factual tale of Edwin Rist, an English musician and thief of rare bird feathers stolen from a history museum. A narrative style reminiscent of best selling mystery authors I'm eager to see how it unfolds

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