{"product_id":"still-life-book-melissa-milgrom-9780618405473","title":"Still Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eWho knew a book about dead animals could be so lively?\u003c\/b\u003e This is a wonderful look at a quirky, passionate, sometimes fanatical subculture. \u003cb\u003e A.J. Jacobs, \u003c\/b\u003eAuthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Know-It-All \u003c\/i\u003eTaxidermy is everywhere these days from hip restaurants to posh clothing stores. Yet few realize that behind these stuffed animals is a world of intrepid hunter-explorers, eccentric naturalists, and gifted museum artisans, all devoted to the paradoxical pursuit of creating the illusion of life. \u003cbr\u003eInto this subculture of intensely passionate animal lovers ventures journalist Melissa Milgrom, whose journey stretches from the family workshop of the last chief taxidermist for the American Museum of Natural History to the studio where an English sculptor preserves the animals for Damien Hirst's most disturbing artworks. Milgrom tags along with a Canadian bear trapper and three-time World Taxidermy Champion as he re-creates an extinct Irish elk using DNA studies and Paleolithic cave art for reference. She even picks up a scalpel and stuffs her own squirrel. Transformed from a curious onlooker to an empathetic participant, Milgrom takes us deep into the world of taxidermy and reveals its uncanny appeal. \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eMilgrom has pulled back the curtain on a surprising and intense culture within which meat and animals--both dead and living--are very real. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelissa Milgrom has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTravel + Leisure, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eDaily Beast \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSalon, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications; she has also produced radio segments forpublic radio.Visit www.melissamilgrom.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49566600397073,"sku":"GOR005515553","price":10.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50004888518929,"sku":"CIN061840547XG","price":4.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50953605775633,"sku":"CIN061840547XVG","price":4.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52468746617105,"sku":"CIN061840547XA","price":6.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/061840547X.jpg?v=1751438164","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/still-life-book-melissa-milgrom-9780618405473","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}