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Flight of the diamond smugglers : a tale of pigeons, obsession, and greed along coastal South Africa / Matthew Gavin Frank.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781631496028
- ISBN: 1631496026
- Physical Description: 208 pages : map ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2021]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-208). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Msizi and His Bird -- Isaac Newton Co. -- Bartholomew Variation #1 -- Beyond the Pits of Alexander Bay -- Port Nolloth and the Halfway Desert -- Bartholomew Variation #2 -- Riding with the Faceless -- Driving to Kleinzee Amid Shipwrecks and Snakes -- Bartholomew Variation #3 -- New Rush and Kimberley: The De Beers Origin Story -- Beyond the Boom Gate, Touring the Erasure -- Bartholomew Variation #4 -- Pilgrims and the Mountain of Light: A Link Between Myth and Human History -- Odyssey to Die Houthoop -- Champagne and Death at Dark: The Origins of a Pigeon Obsession -- Bartholomew Variation #5 -- This Security Thing -- Bartholomew Variation #6 -- Epilogue. |
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| Subject: | Diamond smuggling > South Africa. Diamond mines and mining > South Africa. Homing pigeons > South Africa. Diamond mines and mining. Diamond smuggling. Homing pigeons. South Africa. |
| Genre: | True crime stories. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Grand Forks Campbell Library | 364.13 FRANK (Text) | 520393 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |