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Dialogue

"The Feather Thief"

Marcia Franklin talks with Kirk Wallace Johnson about his book, "The Feather Thief."

Aired 01/03/2020 | Rating TV-G

Dialogue

"The Feather Thief"

Preview: Season 2020 Episode 1 | 28m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

Marcia Franklin talks with Kirk Wallace Johnson about his book, "The Feather Thief."

Marcia Franklin talks with author Kirk Wallace Johnson about his book, "The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century." The book details his investigation into a major theft of rare bird feathers from a British museum. The feathers were illegally sold to salmon fly tyers. Johnson discusses why the crime has been so damaging to the field of natural history.

Aired 01/03/2020 | Rating TV-G

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Dialogue is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV

Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation. Additional Funding by the Friends of Idaho Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Dialogue

"The Feather Thief"

Preview: Season 2020 Episode 1 | 28m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

Marcia Franklin talks with author Kirk Wallace Johnson about his book, "The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century." The book details his investigation into a major theft of rare bird feathers from a British museum. The feathers were illegally sold to salmon fly tyers. Johnson discusses why the crime has been so damaging to the field of natural history.

Aired 01/03/2020 | Rating TV-G

Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback

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