Still life : adventures in taxidermy /
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 lif...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 285 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-281). |
| ISBN: | 9780618405473 061840547X |