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The Authentic Animal: Inside the Odd and Obsessive World of Taxidermy

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Availability:In StockContributor:Dave MaddenPublish date:12/24/2012Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martin's GriffinISBN-13:9781250014726ISBN-10:1250014727UPC:9781250014726Book Category:Nature, Science, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Animals, Life Sciences, HuntingBook Topic:ZoologySize:7.96 x 5.10 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SCJQK0RZJ2

The Authentic Animal: Inside the Odd and Obsessive World of Taxidermy

"[An] engagingly offbeat study . . . let's us in on the bizarre and sometimes repellent world of taxidermy." --The Wall Street Journal

Why would someone want to create or own the mounted skin of a dead animal? That's the question Dave Madden explores in The Authentic Animal.

Madden starts his journey with the life story of Carl Akeley, the father of modern taxidermy. Akeley started small by...
Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martin's GriffinISBN-13:9781250014726ISBN-10:1250014727UPC:9781250014726Book Category:Nature, Science, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Animals, Life Sciences, HuntingBook Topic:ZoologySize:7.96 x 5.10 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SCJQK0RZJ2

DAVE MADDEN is a professor at The University of Alabama. He lives in Tuscaloosa and co-edits The Cupboard, a quarterly pamphlet. The Authentic Animal is his first book.


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