Hunt for Justice: The True Story Of An Undercover Wildlife Agent

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2010
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For thirty years, Lucinda Delaney Schroeder held an unusual government position: she was one of the handful of women special agents with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In August 1992, she accepted an assignment that forever changed--and endangered--her life. She posed as a big-game hunter in Alaska in order to infiltrate an international ring of poachers out to kill the biggest and best of that state's wildlife. A Hunt for Justice recounts her dramatic story--a story she was not legally permitted to write about until her retirement in 2004.

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For thirty years, Lucinda Delaney Schroeder held an unusual government position: she was one of the handful of women special agents with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In August 1992, she accepted an assignment that forever changed--and endangered--her life. She posed as a big-game hunter in Alaska in order to infiltrate an international ring of poachers out to kill the biggest and best of that state's wildlife. A Hunt for Justice recounts her dramatic story--a story she was not legally permitted to write about until her retirement in 2004.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: Apr 2010
ISBN 10: 1599218941
ISBN 13: 9781599218946

Media Reviews

It's a true story that reads like a mystery. --Tony Hillerman, best-selling author of the Joe Leaphorn series. A Hunt for Justice is a superb, true-life mystery that raises important issues about the protection of Alaskan wildlife and those criminals who would destroy it. An exceptional debut and a riveting page-turner destined to win Lucinda Delaney Schroeder well deserved praise. --Michael McGarrity, best-selling author of the Kevin Kerney novel series. A suspenseful page-turner and a tale of true courage, A Hunt for Justice should be read by everyone who cares about wildlife as well as every woman who has struggled for recognition in a male-dominated culture. --Ted Kerasote, author of Bloodties: Nature, Culture, and the Hunt ...Schroeder illuminates an unusual, insular world with unflinching grit and good humor. --Publishers Weekly ...an exciting true-crime tale. --Booklist (American Library Association) If you only read one book this year, this should be it. Packed with suspense and mystery, it follows a female undercover agent who places herself in a remote Alaskan hunting camp full of outlaws -- outlaws who would kill her in a heartbeat if they learned her true identity. You won't be able to put this riveting book down once you start reading it. It's hard to believe it's not fiction. --Jim Zumbo, Hunting Editor, OUTDOOR LIFE

Author Bio

Lucinda D. Schroeder was a special agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1974 to 2004. She was not allowed to write about her experiences until she retired, but in 1994, she appeared on A&E to discuss the operation. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Learn more at www.ahuntforjustice.com