Winged Obsession : The Pursuit of the World's Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler

from karenweyant

Winged Obsession by Jessica Speart is part true crime, part nature writing. Speart details the journey of Ed Newcomer, US Field and Wildlife Agent who is determined to capture Yoshi Kojima,a smuggler infamous for this trade with exotic and illegal butterflies. Speart tells their story so that it ...

from lyncos

It was fascinating to read of the value some people have put on fragile, beautiful butterflies. Based on true events, this book was an eye opener for me as I did not realize the existence or extent of the underground market and the lengths to which collectors will go for the gorgeous butterfly. T...

from JessiAdams

This story follows an undercover agent as he tries to collect evidence against a substantial butterfly smuggler. Although the story was interesting, and easy to follow, I think it could have used just a little more editing. I thought that the factual information about the butterflies was interest...

from buchowl

Yoshi Kojima is a butterfly smuggler. So what, you might say, it's only butterflies after all. Ed Newcomer would disagree with you. As an agent of the US Fish and Wildlife Agency he is on the front lines of the battle against this crime. The amount of money involved in this trade is staggering; t...

from jnavia

This is a fascinating book! The writing is pretty bad, like a poorly-written pot-boiler, but I had to keep reading it to find out how Yoshi Kojima, the "kingpin of butterfly smugglers" was caught. Speart writes about Fish and Wildlife agent Ed Newcomer's three-year undercover work in trying to ge...