The cat orchestra & the elephant butler : the strange history of amazing animals
Bondeson, Jan2006
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Jan Bondeson presents tales from across the folklore of the animal kingdom, a learned pig more admired than Sir Isaac Newton by the English public, an elephant that Lord Byron wanted to employ as his butler, a dancing horse whose skills in mathematics were praised by William Shakespeare, and many more.
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Edition:
Rev. ed.
Imprint:
Stroud : Tempus, 2006.
Collation:
314 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: published as The feejee mermaid and other essays on natural and unnatural history. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1999.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
0752439340
Dewey class:
791.8'09
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English
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BRN:
218408
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