Shell Games: A True Story of Cops, Con Men, and the Smuggling of America's Strangest Wildlife

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 enthralling and remarkable from page one on.

Author: Craig Welch
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 04/12/2011
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.52w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780061537141

About the Author
Welch, Craig: -

Craig Welch is the environmental writer for the Seattle Times, a fellow at Harvard University's Nieman Foundation for Journalism, and a two-time winner of the Society of Environmental Journalists' top prize for beat reporting.