Flight of the diamond smugglers : a tale of pigeons, obsession, and greed along coastal South Africa /

Flight of the diamond smugglers : a tale of pigeons, obsession, and greed along coastal South Africa /

"Blending elements of reportage, memoir, and incantation, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers is a stunning investigation into the role of carrier pigeons in South African diamond smuggling. Nearly every town along South Africa's infamous diamond coast has been deemed "overmined." Be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frank, Matthew Gavin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Diamond smuggling > South Africa.
Diamond mines and mining > South Africa.
Homing pigeons > South Africa.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance.
Diamond mines and mining.
Diamond smuggling.
Homing pigeons.
South Africa.
True crime stories.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.