PLUNDER OF THE ANCIENTS: A TRUE STORY OF BETRAYAL, REDEMPTION, AND AN UNDERCOVER QUEST TO RECOVER SACRED NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS

Book ID/图书代码： 02173014B71965

English Summary/英文概要： After taking an assignment as a supervisor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, agent Lucinda Schroeder felt chafed by the restrictions of her desk job. She’d spent her career making cases against wildlife poachers, smugglers, and people who exploited wildlife for huge sums of money. As a supervisor she wasn’t allowed to carry a case load. Her responsibility was to oversee the work of five other agents as they investigated wildlife crimes. But she wanted to be in the middle of the action. Finally, she went undercover again, working to investigate a parrot-smuggling operation--only to narrowly escape disaster after several of her colleagues inadvertently blew her cover. Though she worried that she was losing her gift for undercover work, when she learned of the illegal trade in Native American artifacts and the hunting of eagles for their feathers, she set up another sting operation and called it "Operation Monster Slayer" after the Navajo deity that protected the Navajo from harm only to betrayed once again--this time intentionally. Plunder of the Ancients tells the story of the dangerous life of an undercover agent--and her persistence that led to the recovery of nearly a million dollars’ worth of sacred Indian artifacts sold on the black market in Santa Fe in 1996.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 卢辛达•施罗德接受委派后成为了美国鱼类及野生动物管理局的一名监督官，然而局限在办公桌前的工作令她烦躁不已。她更希望能直接对抗野生动物偷猎者，走私犯以及那些通过野生动物牟取暴利的人。作为监督官，她的职责是监管其他五名官员调查野生动物犯罪案件，而无法直接处理具体案件。但她却渴望能够参与到案件行动中。最终，在一次调查鹦鹉走私案的过程中，她再一次进行掩护 -- 却仅在几名同事无意间暴露了她的身份后险险逃脱。虽然会担忧自己没有进行掩护工作的天分，但当她了解到一起美国土著文物非法走私活动，发现有人在偷偷猎鹰以获取其羽毛时，她决定以纳瓦霍神明的名义，开展一起代号为“恶魔屠杀行动”的行动，这起保护纳瓦霍民族免受伤害的行动将再一次遭到背叛---只不过这一次是有意为之。《远古劫掠》讲述了一名掩护官员充满危险的人生故事 -- 她的坚持使得价值将近百万美元的珍贵印第安文物失而复得，免于在1996年于圣菲被卖入黑市。（DC）

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About the Author/作者介绍： 卢辛达•德莱尼•施罗德是美国鱼类及野生动物管理局的一名退休官员。1974年，她成为第一名受雇进行联邦法律执行工作的女性。在其长达30年的职业生涯中，她长期冒着生命危险进行掩护工作，保护野生动物及文化遗产。她现居住在科罗拉多州蒙罗斯镇。

Lucinda Delaney Schroeder is a retired special agent for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In 1974, she became one of the first women hired to work in federal law enforcement. Throughout her thirty-year career she frequently went undercover risking her life for the sake of wildlife and cultural heritage. She lives in Montrose, Colorado.

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