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Still life : adventures in taxidermy

Title
  1. Still life : adventures in taxidermy / Melissa Milgrom.
Published by
  1. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Author
  1. Milgrom, Melissa.

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Description
  1. 285 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. Taxidermy > Anecdotes
  2. Taxidermists > Anecdotes
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. JFD 16-1188
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Author
  1. Milgrom, Melissa.
Title
  1. Still life : adventures in taxidermy / Melissa Milgrom.
Imprint
  1. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN
  1. 2009013511
ISBN
  1. 061840547X (hc)
  2. 9780618405473 (hc)
Research call number
  1. JFD 16-1188
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