Selected for the 2007 Amelia Bloomer Project list of recommended feminist literature for young readers. 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. Her job: to investigate crimes against wildlife. Unlike the majority of hunters who respect both their prey and the laws, evidence was piling up against an unscrupulous outfitter who was decimating populations of big game in Alaska's Brooks Range. In August 1992, she accepted an assignment that forever changed--and endangered--her life. She left her husband and seven-year-old daughter behind in Wisconsin and 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. Risking personal safety, Schroeder joined a team of government agents to expose and arrest the poachers. Posing as "Jayne," a divorcee who was willing to break the rules in order to hunt trophy animals, the diminutive blue-eyed blonde fooled criminals so wily that their crimes could only be cracked from within. A Hunt for Justice takes readers along on Schroeder's dangerous and exciting mission. More than simply an adventure or true-crime tale, it's a story of a woman surviving in a male-dominated field, a woman against the wilderness, and a wife and mother risking it all for a cause she believes in. Whether you are a crime buff, nature lover, sports hunter, or someone who just loves a gripping-first-person tale of justice triumphing over evil, this book is for you. In 1991 a woman named Jayne and her boyfriend, Roy, hooked up with a known poacher who said he could set them up with a guide for a big-game hunting trip in Alaska. This Alaskan guide had guaranteed success, with clients bagging bears, sheep, moose, caribou, and wolves. The problem was that the "guide" was a big-time poacher, illegally killing (or helping his clients kill) wildlife for profit. The solution to this problem came in the form of "Jayne," who was really author Schroeder, an undercover agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The largest poaching operations were difficult to break into, as past federal sting operations had made the operators suspicious of people they didn't know. Since "Jayne's" "boyfriend" was also a known poacher, and no one suspected that a woman could be a wildlife agent, they got in on the Alaskan hunt. What follows is an exciting true-crime tale. Nancy Bent Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved "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, you'll follow 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   Selected for the 2007 Amelia Bloomer Project list of recommended feminist literature for young readers In the heart of the Alaskan wilderness, a clandestine and unscrupulous hunting outfitter is illegally killing untold numbers of big game animals. His wealthy clients, mostly from Europe, insist that they hunt only the biggest and best of Alaska's wildlife. In this rare look inside an undercover wildlife investigation, Lucinda Delaney Schroeder reveals how she infiltrates this iron-clad camp by posing as a trophy hunter. For eleven nerve-racking days, she gathers evidence intended to shut down what had become an out-of-control, international poaching ring. But in the end, would it be enough? A Hunt for Justice takes readers along on Schroeder's dangerous and exciting mission as she puts her life on the line to crack this illegal hunting operation and brin