Animals strike curious poses : essays / Elena Passarello.
Summary:
Sixteen essays about individual animals, including wild (woolly mammoth, rhinoceros, starling, crocodile, gorilla, lion) and domesticated (housecat, racing pigeons, elephant, horses, goats), named and made famous by humans.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781941411391
- ISBN: 1941411398
- Physical Description: 214 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Louisville, KY : Sarabande Books, [2017]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (27 unnumbered pages). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Yuka (39,000 BP) -- The wolf of Gubbio (1207) -- Ganda (1515) -- Sackerson (1601) -- Joeffry (1760) -- Vogel Staar (1784) -- Harriet (1835) -- War pigs (1870-2012) -- Jumbo II (1901) -- Four horsemen (1904-2012) -- Mike (1945) -- Arabella (1973) -- Lancelot (1985) -- Koko (1988) -- Osama (1998) -- Celia (2003) -- Cecil (2015). |
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Subject: | Famous animals. Famous animals > Miscellanea. |
Genre: | Essays. Trivia and miscellanea. |
Topic Heading: | Oregon authors. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Sage Library System.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Baker County Library | 814.6 .P286a 2017 (Text) | 37814003105823 | NON-FICTION | Available | - | ||
Pendleton Public Library | 814.6 P266 (Text) | 37801000621332 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |