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The feather detective mystery, mayhem, and the magnificent life of Roxie Laybourne

"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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Main Author: Sweeney, Chris, 1983- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Avid Reader Press, [2025]
Edition:First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Laybourne, Roxie C., > 1910-2003
Forensic ornithologists > United States > Biography.
Forensic ornithology > United States > History.
Manassas (Va.) > Biography.
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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.
Physical Description:xi, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781668025840
1668025841
9781668025857
166802585X
Author Notes:Chris Sweeney is an award-winning journalist whose reporting has appeared in Audubon , The Guardian , Popular Science , Men's Journal , and WIRED , among many others. He has worked as a senior editor at Boston Magazine and a staff writer at Village Voice Media's New Times in South Florida. Sweeney was a United Nations Foundation Global Issues Press Fellow, and he has taught at Tufts University, Regis College, and Western Connecticut State University. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Northwestern University's Medill School, he now lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, with his wife and two young daughters.

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