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Still life : adventures in taxidermy / Melissa Milgrom.

Van Pelt Library QL63 .M55 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Milgrom, Melissa.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Taxidermy--Anecdotes.
Taxidermy.
Taxidermists--Anecdotes.
Taxidermists.
Genre:
Anecdotes.
Physical Description:
285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Summary:
Transformed from a curious onlooker to an empathetic participant, journalist Milgrom delves deeply into the world of taxidermy, encountering a world of intrepid hunter-explorers, eccentric naturalists, and gifted museum artisans, all devoted to the paradoxical pursuit of creating the illusion of life.
Contents:
Schwendeman's taxidermy studio
The champions
The man who hunted for science
How the orangutan got its skin
The chairbitch
Mr. Potter's Museum of Curiosities
In-a-gadda-da-vida
Ken and the Irish elk
I stuff a squirrel
Gray squirrel, yellow dawn.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780618405473
061840547X
OCLC:
317917992

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