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The Authentic Animal Dave Madden

The Authentic Animal By Dave Madden

The Authentic Animal by Dave Madden


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Summary

Why would someone create or own the mounted skin of a dead animal? In this book, the author begins with the life story of Carl Akeley, father of modern taxidermy, who started by stuffing a canary and ended with creating the Akeley Hall of African Mammals at The American Museum of Natural History.

The Authentic Animal Summary

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

Why would someone create or own the mounted skin of a dead animal? That's the question Dave Madden explores in The Authentic Animal. He begins with the life story of Carl Akeley, father of modern taxidermy, who started by stuffing a canary and ended with creating the Akeley Hall of African Mammals at The American Museum of Natural History. To get a first-hand glimpse at this world, Madden travels to the World Taxidermy Championships, the garage workplaces of people who mount freeze-dried pets for bereaved owners and the classrooms of a taxidermy academy where students stretch deer pelts over foam bases. On his travels he looks at the forms taxidermy takes - hunting trophies, museum dioramas, roadside novelties, pet memorials - and considers what taxidermy has to tell us about human-animal relationships.

Additional information

GOR007466270
9781250014726
1250014727
The Authentic Animal: Inside the Odd and Obsessive World of Taxidermy by Dave Madden
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Griffin Publishing
20121224
288
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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