Shell Games: A True Story of Cops, Con Men, and the Smuggling of America's Strangest Wildlife
A unique blend of natural history and crime drama, Shell Games by Craig Welch is a riveting tale of rogues, scoundrels, and the hunt for nature’s bounty in the tradition of The Orchid Thief. A stranger-than-fiction true story centered around a larger-than-life character who pursued a...
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A unique blend of natural history and crime drama, Shell Games by Craig Welch is a riveting tale of rogues, scoundrels, and the hunt for nature’s bounty in the tradition of The Orchid Thief. A stranger-than-fiction true story centered around a larger-than-life character who pursued a larger-than-life clam—the Geoduck—and then led wildlife police on a two-year-long chase, Shell Games is enthralling and remarkable from page one on.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061537141 (0061537144)
Publish date: April 12th 2011
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
A combination of suspenseful true crime and nature writing, this fascinating book exposes the illicit world of wildlife smuggling, focusing on the black market for seafood harvested from Puget Sound. A labyrinth of laws and jurisdictions regulate the legal shellfish harvests, but the unknown number...
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