“Shell Games: Rogues, Smugglers, and the Hunt for Nature’s Bounty” A stranger-than-fiction account of the rogues and scoundrels who stole millions of dollars worth of extraordinary marine creatures and led wildlife police on a multi-year odyssey. Craig Welch’s Shell Games is nonfiction at its best, a fast-paced cops-and-robbers tale. Shell Games: Rogues, Smugglers, and the Hunt for Nature's Bounty Hardcover – Bargain Price, April 6, by Craig Welch (Author) › Visit Amazon's Craig Welch Page. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author. Are you an author? Learn about Author Central /5(56). 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 /5(65).
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-lif. When Welch found time to write the book "Shell Games: Rogues, Smugglers, and the Hunt for Nature's Bounty" (William Morrow, pp., $), it had morphed from a Puget Sound saga to an. Shell games: rogues, smugglers, and the hunt for nature's bounty [William Morrow, ; Amazon UK; Amazon US] is the true story of this years-long cat-and-mouse chase. This carefully researched.
In Shell Games, veteran environmental journalist Craig Welch delves into the wilds of our nation's waters and forests in search of some of America's most unusual criminals and the cops who are on a mission to take them down. This thrilling examination of the international black market for wildlife is filled with butterfly thieves, bear slayers, and shark-trafficking pastors— all part of one of the largest illegal trades in the world. 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. Shell Games: Rogues, Smugglers, and the Hunt For Nature's Bounty by Craig Welch (William Morrow )() is an interesting tale of the illegal trade of the "geoduck" clam (pronounced "gooey-duck") from the waters of the Pacific Northwest. Wholesale poaching has greatly reduced the clam stock; this book attempts to explain why.
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