Churchill's Menagerie Winston Churchill and the Animal Kingdom

Name: Churchill's Menagerie Winston Churchill and the Animal Kingdom
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ISBN: 9781643131368

ISBN-10: 1643131362

ISBN-13: 9781643131368

Edition: N/A

Authors: Piers Brendon

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Winston Churchill was known for his great love for and admiration of animals. In fact, one of Churchill's key char- acteristics was his fascination with the animal kingdom--creatures of all sorts were a crucial element throughout his life. He was amused, intrigued, enchanted by, and sometimes even besotted with, a vast menagerie, from his pet bud- gerigar, dogs, cats, fish, and butterflies, to his own lion, leopard, and white kangaroos kept at London Zoo, and even more unusual species. Dwelling amid flora and fauna was Churchill's ideal form of existence--"The world would be better off if it were inhabited only by animals"--and he signed his boyhood letters home "The Pussy Cat."In this…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Publication date: 6/4/2019
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Piers Brendon, the author of 11 previous books, is Keeper of the Churchill Archives and a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. He lives in England.