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Stolen world : a tale of reptiles, smugglers, and skulduggery, Jennie Erin Smith
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- Summary
- "Tortoises disappear from a Madagascar reserve and reappear in the Bronx Zoo. A dead iguana floats in a jar, awaiting its unveiling in a Florida court. A viper causes mayhem from Ethiopia to Virginia. In Stolen World, Jennie Erin Smith takes the reader on an unforgettable journey, a dark adventure over five decades and six continents. In 1965, Hank Molt, a young cheese salesman from Philadelphia, reinvented himself as a "specialist dealer in rare fauna," traveling the world to collect exquisite reptiles for zoos and museums. By the end of the decade that followed, new endangered species laws had turned Molt into a convicted smuggler, and an unrepentant one, who went on to provide many of the same rare reptiles to many of the same institutions, covertly. But Molt soon found a rival in Tommy Crutchfield, a Florida carpet salesman with every intention of usurping Molt as the most accomplished reptile smuggler in the country. Like Molt, Crutchfield had modeled himself after an earlier generation of natural-history collectors celebrated for their service to science, an ideal that, for Molt and Crutchfield, eclipsed the realities of the new wildlife-protection laws. Zoo curators, caught between a desire for rare animals and the conservation-minded focus of their institutions, became the smugglers' antagonists in court but also their best customers, sometimes simultaneously. Crutchfield forged ties with a criminally inclined Malaysian wildlife trader and emerged a millionaire, beloved by zoos. Molt, following a string of inventive but disastrous smuggling schemes in New Guinea, was reduced to hanging around Crutchfield's Florida compound, plotting Crutchfield's demise. The fallout from their feud would result in a major federal investigation with tentacles in Germany, Madagascar, Holland, and Malaysia. And yet even after prison, personal ruin, and the depredations of age, Molt and Crutchfield never stopped scheming, never stopped longing for the snake or lizard that would earn each his rightful place in a world that had forgotten them--or rather, had never recognized them to begin with."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Contents
-
- pt. 1. The kraftsman
- I fly around the world
- Willow Grove
- Pine Barrens
- O'Kane and Mellon fly around the world
- The kingpin
- pt. 2. Tom Terrific
- I search for adventure
- Golden pythons
- Herpetological Research Associates of Papua New Guinea
- Fijis
- Colette
- Conservation thru commercialization
- Waffle House days
- United States v. Tommy Edward Crutchfield, et al.
- Chambers not so distant
- Sanzinia
- Belize
- pt. 3. Dr. Wong
- Anson and friends
- Whatever happened to the plowshare tortoises?
- pt. 4. Old age and treachery
- The hurricane
- Curse of the Bitis parviocula
- The partial rehabilitation of Tom Crutchfield
- The blue-rattled rattler
- Parviocula venom
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780307381477
- Label
- Stolen world : a tale of reptiles, smugglers, and skulduggery
- Title
- Stolen world
- Title remainder
- a tale of reptiles, smugglers, and skulduggery
- Statement of responsibility
- Jennie Erin Smith
- Title variation
- Steal the world from the world
- Subject
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- Anecdotes
- Anecdotes
- Animal dealers
- trueAnimal dealers -- United States -- Anecdotes
- Rare reptiles
- Rare reptiles -- Anecdotes
- trueReptile industry and trade
- Reptile trade
- Reptile trade -- United States -- Anecdotes
- trueReptiles
- Reptilien
- trueSmuggling
- Snakes
- trueSnakes -- United States -- Anecdotes
- Tierhandel
- United States
- trueUnited States
- trueWild animal smuggling
- Wildlife smuggling
- Wildlife smuggling -- United States -- Anecdotes
- Schmuggel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Tortoises disappear from a Madagascar reserve and reappear in the Bronx Zoo. A dead iguana floats in a jar, awaiting its unveiling in a Florida court. A viper causes mayhem from Ethiopia to Virginia. In Stolen World, Jennie Erin Smith takes the reader on an unforgettable journey, a dark adventure over five decades and six continents. In 1965, Hank Molt, a young cheese salesman from Philadelphia, reinvented himself as a "specialist dealer in rare fauna," traveling the world to collect exquisite reptiles for zoos and museums. By the end of the decade that followed, new endangered species laws had turned Molt into a convicted smuggler, and an unrepentant one, who went on to provide many of the same rare reptiles to many of the same institutions, covertly. But Molt soon found a rival in Tommy Crutchfield, a Florida carpet salesman with every intention of usurping Molt as the most accomplished reptile smuggler in the country. Like Molt, Crutchfield had modeled himself after an earlier generation of natural-history collectors celebrated for their service to science, an ideal that, for Molt and Crutchfield, eclipsed the realities of the new wildlife-protection laws. Zoo curators, caught between a desire for rare animals and the conservation-minded focus of their institutions, became the smugglers' antagonists in court but also their best customers, sometimes simultaneously. Crutchfield forged ties with a criminally inclined Malaysian wildlife trader and emerged a millionaire, beloved by zoos. Molt, following a string of inventive but disastrous smuggling schemes in New Guinea, was reduced to hanging around Crutchfield's Florida compound, plotting Crutchfield's demise. The fallout from their feud would result in a major federal investigation with tentacles in Germany, Madagascar, Holland, and Malaysia. And yet even after prison, personal ruin, and the depredations of age, Molt and Crutchfield never stopped scheming, never stopped longing for the snake or lizard that would earn each his rightful place in a world that had forgotten them--or rather, had never recognized them to begin with."--Jacket
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- 381034
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1973-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Smith, Jennie Erin
- Dewey number
- 364.1/33670973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- SK593.R47
- LC item number
- S65 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- SK593.R47
- NAL item number
- S65 2011
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- 364.133 S651s
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Reptile trade
- Wildlife smuggling
- Animal dealers
- Rare reptiles
- Snakes
- Animal dealers
- Rare reptiles
- Reptile trade
- Snakes
- Wildlife smuggling
- United States
- Tierhandel
- Schmuggel
- Reptilien
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- a tale of reptiles, smugglers, and skulduggery
- Label
- Stolen world : a tale of reptiles, smugglers, and skulduggery, Jennie Erin Smith
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-322)
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- Contents
- pt. 1. The kraftsman -- I fly around the world -- Willow Grove -- Pine Barrens -- O'Kane and Mellon fly around the world -- The kingpin -- pt. 2. Tom Terrific -- I search for adventure -- Golden pythons -- Herpetological Research Associates of Papua New Guinea -- Fijis -- Colette -- Conservation thru commercialization -- Waffle House days -- United States v. Tommy Edward Crutchfield, et al. -- Chambers not so distant -- Sanzinia -- Belize -- pt. 3. Dr. Wong -- Anson and friends -- Whatever happened to the plowshare tortoises? -- pt. 4. Old age and treachery -- The hurricane -- Curse of the Bitis parviocula -- The partial rehabilitation of Tom Crutchfield -- The blue-rattled rattler -- Parviocula venom -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn580088485
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Isbn
- 9780307381477
- Lccn
- 2010009548
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)580088485
- Label
- Stolen world : a tale of reptiles, smugglers, and skulduggery, Jennie Erin Smith
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-322)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. 1. The kraftsman -- I fly around the world -- Willow Grove -- Pine Barrens -- O'Kane and Mellon fly around the world -- The kingpin -- pt. 2. Tom Terrific -- I search for adventure -- Golden pythons -- Herpetological Research Associates of Papua New Guinea -- Fijis -- Colette -- Conservation thru commercialization -- Waffle House days -- United States v. Tommy Edward Crutchfield, et al. -- Chambers not so distant -- Sanzinia -- Belize -- pt. 3. Dr. Wong -- Anson and friends -- Whatever happened to the plowshare tortoises? -- pt. 4. Old age and treachery -- The hurricane -- Curse of the Bitis parviocula -- The partial rehabilitation of Tom Crutchfield -- The blue-rattled rattler -- Parviocula venom -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn580088485
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Isbn
- 9780307381477
- Lccn
- 2010009548
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)580088485
Subject
- Anecdotes
- Anecdotes
- Animal dealers
- trueAnimal dealers -- United States -- Anecdotes
- Rare reptiles
- Rare reptiles -- Anecdotes
- trueReptile industry and trade
- Reptile trade
- Reptile trade -- United States -- Anecdotes
- trueReptiles
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- Snakes
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- Tierhandel
- United States
- trueUnited States
- trueWild animal smuggling
- Wildlife smuggling
- Wildlife smuggling -- United States -- Anecdotes
- Schmuggel
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