Author of The Fishermen and the Dragon + The Feather Thief (@VikingBooks); List Project founder. Adores @mjcantinjohnson, A + I
Los Angeles, CA
Joined February 2009
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I served in Iraq, as USAID’s man in Fallujah. Lived alongside Marines and interpreters as they fought terrorists. @realdonaldtrump (1/many)
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In my latest for @TheSpectator I look at the British Museum scandal and the increasingly anti-social arrogance that leads to museum theft with author Kirk Wallace Johnson, whose superb "The Feather Thief" is being made into a TV series by Universal.
thespectator.com/book-and-ar…
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Whenever I glance at my bookshelf I’m tempted to grab this again and dive in. A beyond-fascinating true story of obsession, collecting, craftsmanship, a niche internet community (with its own dark market), and best of all: audacious criminality. THE FEATHER THIEF. Read it
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By popular vote, our Gulf Coast Reads Book Pick for 2023 is The Fisherman and the Dragon by @KirkWJohnson ⛵
Join HCPL, partner libraries and organizations, for special programs including a virtual author talk with Kirk Wallace Johnson!
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This quote was the moment I realized I had to write the book. That it was coming from a dude tying feathers to a hook made it that much better.
Thanks to @ThisAmerLife for such a wonderful telling of The Feather Thief.
"We're a small, tight-knit community. And you do not want to piss us off." The story of what may be the greatest feather caper in history. bit.ly/2w0OB9o
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On the radio this weekend: A flute player breaks into a British museum and makes off with a million dollars worth of dead birds. bit.ly/2w0OB9o
Thanks @nypl :)
@KirkWJohnson Congratulations! The Fishermen and the Dragon by Kirk Wallace Johnson is one of @NYPL's 2022 #BestBooks for Adults! nypl.org/books-more/recommen…
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I moved to Houston and officially begin my 12 months of field research today, supported by a @ssrc_org international dissertation grant.
On the reading list: @KirkWJohnson's new book about racial injustice @unreasonabledw's fight against Formosa Plastics in Seadrift, Texas.
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Latest from me: I review @KirkWJohnson's new book on the attacks on Vietnamese refugees in Galveston Bay that were initiated by the Klan, all while the chemical companies were staging an all out assault on all of them.
maiseh-review.ghost.io/the-f…
Thanks for the write-up of FISHERMEN, @TexasMonthly
Since the establishment of the Republic of Texas in 1836, there has been bitter disagreement about exactly who belongs here.
Three new books remind us that the question of who is welcome in Texas has been with us for a very long time. trib.al/MOkx6C5
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“The Fishermen and the Dragon” is a thoroughly researched work of social history. The passages on environmental decay along the Gulf coast are resonant, too econ.st/3AOO78C
Thanks, @TheEconomist, for this great review of FISHERMEN:
economist.com/culture/2022/0…
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When Vietnamese Fishermen Went to War With the Klan in Texas
Amazing story.
An excerpt from @KirkWJohnson's new book "The Fishermen and the Dragon" via @thedailybeast
thedailybeast.com/when-vietn…
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Read an excerpt of @KirkWJohnson's "richly reported and dramatically rendered investigative work" (@FortuneMagazine) THE FISHERMEN AND THE DRAGON in @thedailybeast now! bit.ly/3CqzpWU
Thanks for the plug, @HodaAndJenna @TODAYshow :)
The @waybackmachine contained *tons* of incriminating (and deleted) posts in the bird smuggling/feather trading underworld at the heart of THE FEATHER THIEF. Couldn't have written the book without those screengrabs...
This would be a fantastic week to say something about how the Internet Archive has helped you over the years. Quote-tweet or reply.
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This week, @GlobeBiblio talked with author @kirkwjohnson (THE FISHERMAN AND THE DRAGON) about the chaos on his reading list.
bostonglobe.com/2022/08/11/a…
Thanks for such a great conversation, @PeteDominick
Good Morning! I just posted today's @StandUpWithPete which welcomes @KirkWJohnson and @JLCauvin and its sooooooo good. Also my 'press conference' with listeners announcing I'll be taking the next week off 😘😜 standupwithpete.libsyn.com/a…
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So excited that 3 PRHA titles were on @nytimes "6 Audiobooks to Listen to Now," including:
⭐DEER CREEK DRIVE by Beverly Lowry
⭐THE WORLD'S WORST ASSISTANT by @sonamov
⭐THE FISHERMEN AND THE DRAGON by @KirkWJohnson, read by @quitehuynhsome
Full list👇
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