legal defense of, 129, 131, 132–47, 168, 172, 203
missing bird skins of, 105, 109, 111, 115–16, 121, 129, 133, 146, 148–52, 156–57, 160–62, 165, 167–75, 177, 179, 182–83, 188, 193–94, 197, 200–203, 206, 207–8, 213, 220–21, 224, 228, 232–33, 235, 241, 245
at Munch Museum, 192, 224
obsession of, 69–70, 75, 79
passport of, 127, 131, 165
personality of, 69–70, 75, 79, 135–47
photographs taken by, 87, 89–93, 97, 127, 140, 141–42, 146, 172, 178, 185
“Plan for Museum Invasion” document of, 96, 142, 204
police resources and, 102, 103, 104, 110, 114, 119, 130, 133, 140, 149, 150, 152, 168, 223, 240, 247
press coverage of, 50–51, 52, 114, 115, 133, 140, 151–52, 156–57, 162, 170–71
probation granted to, 161
prosecution of, 132–33, 141–44, 151, 191
at Royal Academy of Music, 1, 81, 85, 89, 97, 116, 124–26, 127, 132, 141, 142, 146, 148–49, 170
search warrant for, 124–26, 127
sentencing of, 135–36, 141, 146–47, 148, 155, 164, 170, 174–75, 176, 199–200, 205
spreadsheet data on, 169, 171–76, 206–8, 212, 240
stolen property charge against, 160–61, 208–10, 223–29, 230
suitcase used by, 97, 98, 99, 100–101, 163, 168, 173, 208, 211, 212
television set stolen by, 127, 142
Tring museum burglary planned and executed by, 1–5, 87, 89–93, 96, 97–101, 102, 107, 109, 110, 117, 121, 127, 139, 140, 141–42, 144, 146, 163, 165, 168, 172, 173–74, 178, 185, 197, 206–10, 211, 212, 219
Willesden Green apartment of, 131, 161, 169, 171, 186
window broken by, 97, 99, 100, 102, 109, 110, 139, 165, 173–74, 207
wire cutters used by, 1, 97, 174, 197
Ziploc bags purchased by, 106, 116, 126, 129, 152, 158, 165, 168, 169, 171–72, 248
Rist, Lynn, 66, 69, 76, 79, 105, 131, 132, 142, 205
rivers, 56, 57–58, 70, 86, 245–46
see also specific rivers
Robin Hood pub, 2, 163
rods, fishing, 62, 69, 155
rookeries, 46
Roosevelt, Theodore, 51
roosters, 67–68
Rosin, Hanna, 232
Rothschild, Lionel Walter, 37, 38–42, 112, 183, 248
Rothschild, Miriam, 41
Rotumah (Galápagos tortoise), 39
Royal Academy of Music, 1, 81, 85, 89, 97, 116, 124–26, 127, 132, 141, 142, 146, 148–49, 170
Royal Entomological Society, 21
Royal Geographical Society, 22–23
Royal Navy, 21
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 50, 51, 54
Rubens, Peter Paul, 23–24
St. Albans Crown Courthouse, 135–47
salmon, 46, 56–62
salmon flies, 8–9, 54, 56–63, 70, 71–74, 77–78, 80–81, 86–89, 93, 118–19, 120, 122–23, 134–35, 143, 156, 158, 179, 191, 193, 216–17, 245, 246–47
Salmon Fly, The (Kelson), 59–62, 70, 71–72, 80, 86, 156
salmon runs, 57
sand flies, 28–29
Sangre de Cristo Mountains, 5, 155
Santa Barbara Sea Center, 66
Scarlet Macaws, 236
Schlankstütz shirt, 198
Schmookler, Paul, 62–63
scientific research, 31–36, 141–42, 146, 149, 166, 181–82, 240–41, 246
Scream, The (Munch), 224
screenshots, 213, 218
seabirds, 166
search warrants, 124–26, 127
sea shells, 16
sea slugs, 66
sea trout, 123
Second Eighth Week Ministries, 181
Seim, Spencer, 5–10, 155–57, 192, 228, 241, 244, 245, 246
Semioptera wallacii, 36
September 11 attacks (2001), 158
Sericulus Aureus, 98
Severn River, 15
Shakespeare, William, 47
Shorthouse, Mervyn, 111, 113, 119
shrimp flies, 123
Sidney, Maine, 70
Sidon, HMS, 21
silkworm gut, 61, 87
Singapore, 24, 26, 34
six-aught-size hooks, 87
Six-Plumed Birds of Paradise, 86
skeletons, 4
skinning, 23, 24–26, 30, 33
skins, bird, 23, 24–26, 30, 33, 36, 45–46, 58, 61, 64, 76, 87, 89–90, 111, 113, 128, 146, 166–67
Skype, 129, 172
slavery, 52
smuggling, 52–53, 70, 135, 176, 187–88
snakes, 18, 66
Snowy Egrets, 45, 46, 51, 53
social understanding, 138–40, 203–6
Society Finches, 243
Society for Assistance to Children Employed in the Feather Industries, 45
Somare, Michael, vii
South America, 3, 4, 17, 24
South American Bitterns, 61
Spangled Cotingas, 4
Spanish dancer sea slugs, 66
spawning, 57
species, origin of, 21, 31–35, 78, 166, 181
species and subspecies, 3, 78, 88, 90–91, 105, 109, 125, 129, 158, 190–91, 225–27
see also specific species
specimen agents, 17, 18, 21, 26, 33
Spoonbills, 76
Sports Illustrated, 62
spreadsheets, 169, 171–76, 206–8, 212, 240
Spring Fly Fishing Show (Newark, England), 120–21
Stage Forty-Seven Hotel, 196
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 49
Stevens, Samuel, 17, 18, 21, 26
Stevenson Fly, 86–87, 89
stolen property, 160–61, 208–10, 223–29, 230
Sturma River, 55
Stuttgart, Germany, 112, 241
substitute materials (“subs”), 62–63, 72, 74–75, 89, 92, 105, 243–44
Sumatra, 34
Summer Ducks, 73
Superb Birds of Paradise, 4, 78, 152, 235
surveyors, 14–15, 16
“survival of the fittest,” 31–33
Sustainable Fly-tying, 243
Swan Lake, 163
swans, 60, 73
Sweet, Paul, 233
Syria, 187
tackle, 58, 63, 68, 88–89, 120, 216
tackle boxes, 216
tackle shops, 63, 68
tails, 3, 29, 78, 96, 105, 168, 212
Taj Mahal casino, 62
Talleur, Dick, 151
Taos, N. Mex., 5, 8, 155
taxidermy, 23, 24–26, 30, 33, 38, 39, 189, 222
tectonic plates, 27–28
Telegraph, 114
Ternate Island, 30–31, 33
“Terry” (fly tier), 86–89, 134, 148
Thatcher, Mary, 49
thematical flies, 78, 92
“theory of mind,” 203
Thief Hotel, 223
thread, 8–61, 9, 67–68, 87
Thunder and Lightning Fly, 61
tinsel, 59, 61, 68–69, 71, 78, 89, 104, 158
tippets, 71
Titanic, 46
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 47
tools, fly-tying, 67–68, 72, 74
tortoises, 39
Toucans, 25, 34, 75, 76
Townend, Mike, 193
Townshend, Pete, 1
traders, 30, 33–34, 45, 53, 179, 202, 222
Trading Floor, 116, 123, 135, 184
Tragopans, 76
Traherne, John Popkin, 72, 77, 80
Traherne’s Wonder Fly, 61
travel narratives, 35
Travers, Don, 68<
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treaties, 3, 52, 53–54, 63, 70, 78, 87, 117, 158, 168, 185, 189, 217, 235, 236
Treatyse of Fishing with an Angle, A (Dame Juliana Berners), 56
Trentham Gardens, 86
Tring, England, 1, 37, 98–99, 110, 163–64
see also Natural History Museum (Tring)
Tring Park, 38–42, 98–99, 248
Tring Station, 98–99
Trogon family, 109
Trondheim, Norway, 216
trout, 5, 8, 56–60, 65, 123, 245–46
trout flies, 56, 67–68, 69, 70
Trump, Donald, 62
turkeys, 72, 74
Turlhanger’s Wood, 1
Turner, John, 13, 19, 20
turtles, 247
Uel Wade Music Scholarship competition, 66
Underwood Tariff Act (1913), 52
Union of Feather Dyers, 45
Union of Raw Feather Merchants, 45
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), 6, 236–37
Usk River, 14–15
Van Zandt, Townes, 156
Veals Fishing Tackle, 88–89
Velleman & Co., 242–43
Vietnamese refugees, 216–17
Virgil, 15
vises, 67, 68, 69, 74, 104, 215
Vogue, 43–44
Voyage of the Beagle, The (Darwin), 16, 21, 103
Voyage Up the River Amazon, A (Edwards), 17
waders, 155
walkie-talkies, 198–99
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 4, 13–37, 38, 42, 46, 54, 81, 88, 91, 92, 99, 109, 128, 129, 166, 183, 191, 201, 207, 241, 245
Wallace, Bill and Richard, 245
Wallacea, 36
Wallace Line, 35–36
Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum, 39–42
Walters, Michael, 111–12
Walton, Izaak, 57, 86
Wanumbai, 28–29, 36–37
Washington, George, 170
Washington, John, 170
Watelai River, 37
Watford, England, 128–30
wax, 74
Wayback Machine, 184–86, 213
web spiders, 184–86
Weirdo Fly, 74
Werbrouck, Geert, 186
Western Tragopans, 234, 235
Wheatley’s Fly no. 8, 87
whip finishers, 68
white rhinoceros, 54
“Why Museums Matter: Avian Archives in an Age of Extinction” conference (1999), 112–13
Wildlife and Animal Products policy (eBay), 236–37
wild turkeys, 62
Willesden Green, 131, 161, 169, 171, 186
Williamson, Emily, 50
winches, 62
wire cutters, 1, 97, 174, 197
Wizard of Oz, The (Baum), 71
Wolfer, Eddie, 244
women’s fashion, 42, 43–54, 58, 63–64, 77, 87, 89, 106, 123, 176, 241–43
wool, 56, 69
Worde, Wynken de, 45
World War I, 37, 52, 55
World War II, 37
worms, 55–56
Wylie, Fraser, 114, 115
Yale University, 187
yellow fever, 18
Yellow Fly of May, 56
Yelp, 196
YouTube, 87, 156
Zeppelins, 37, 241
Zimbabwe, 222
Ziploc bags, 106, 116, 126, 129, 152, 158, 165, 168, 169, 171–72, 248
Zoological Society of London, 21, 34, 35
zoos, 48, 76, 81, 89, 105
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
KIRK W. JOHNSON is the author of To Be a Friend Is Fatal and the founder of the List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, among others. He is the recipient of fellowships from Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, the American Academy in Berlin, and the USC Annenberg Center. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.
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