Title::
The feather detective : mystery, mayhem, and the magnificent life of Roxie Laybourne
First Author value, for Searching:
Sweeney, Chris, 1983- author. 1http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n2024058594
Format:
Book
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Abstract:
"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:
Greetings from "Schmaltzport" -- Crash -- A Most Unusual Bequeathment -- Nothin' but a Tar Heel -- Deadbeats and Dead Animals -- Do the Work, Keep Your Mouth Shut -- Puzzles -- Whoopie and Whoopers -- Turbulence in '64 -- 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 -- Top Gun Tragedies -- A Dove Named Carla -- Swan Songs -- "Grow Old Along with Me!" -- Epilogue: No Snake Guts, No Glory.
Subject:
| Forensic ornithologists -- United States -- Biography. |
| Forensic ornithology -- United States -- History. |
| Ornithologists -- United States -- Biography. |
| Ornithology -- United States -- History. |
| Ornithologues -- États-Unis -- Biographies. |
| Ornithologie -- États-Unis -- Histoire. |
| Manassas (Va.) -- Biography. |
| Biographies. |
| Laybourne, Roxie C., 1910-2003 |
| Museum of Natural History (U.S.) -- Officials and employees -- Biography. |
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.
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