Specimens of Hair: The Curious Collection of Peter A. Browne - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert McCracken Peck, Rosamond Purcell (Photographer)Publish date:2018-11-30Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Blast BooksISBN-13:9780922233496ISBN-10:922233497UPC:9780922233496Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.20 x 6.80 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCA66KEPZR
Specimens of Hair: The Curious Collection of Peter A. Browne
Strangely beautiful, utterly unique, "Specimens of Hair" presents the obsessive work of a 19th-century amateur naturalist who collected hundreds upon hundreds of specimens of hair--animal and human, Including thirteen of the first fourteen U.S. presidents--in his quest to understand the mysteries of the natural world. No matter who we are, old or young, fashion conscious or style indifferent, we...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Blast BooksISBN-13:9780922233496ISBN-10:922233497UPC:9780922233496Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.20 x 6.80 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCA66KEPZR
Peck, Robert McCracken: - Robert McCracken Peck is a naturalist, writer, and historian with a special interest in the intersection of science, history, and art. As Senior Fellow of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (now part of Drexel University), he has chronicled historical and contemporary scientific research expeditions. Among Peck's most recent books are The Natural History of...
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