Authentic Animal Inside the Odd and Obsessive World of Taxidermy

Name: Authentic Animal Inside the Odd and Obsessive World of Taxidermy
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ISBN: 9781250014726

ISBN-10: 1250014727

ISBN-13: 9781250014726

Edition: 2011

Authors: Dave Madden

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"[An] engagingly offbeat study . . . let's us in on the bizarre and sometimes repellent world of taxidermy." —The Wall Street Journal Why would someone want to create or own the mounted skin of a dead animal? That’s the question Dave Madden explores inThe Authentic Animal. Madden starts his journey with the life story of Carl Akeley, the father of modern taxidermy. Akeley started small by stuffing a canary, but by the end of his life he had created the astonishing Akeley Hall of African Mammals at The American Museum of Natural History. What Akeley strove for and what fascinates Madden is the attempt by the taxidermist to replicate the authentic animal, looking as though it’s still alive.…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 12/24/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English