Title The afterlives of animals [electronic resource] : a museum menagerie / edited by Samuel J.M.M. Alberti.

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Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.

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Description	1 online resource (vi, 247 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : the dead ark / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- "The Queen's ass" : the cultural life of Queen Charlotte's zebra in Georgian Britain / Christopher Plumb -- Maharajah the elephant's journey : from nature to culture / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- Sir Roger the elephant / Richard Sutcliffe, Mike Rutherford, and Jeanne Robinson -- "Under my skin" : the biography of a Manchester mandrill / Sophie Everest -- Balto the dog / Rachel Poliquin -- The biogeographies of a hollow-eyed harrier / Merle Patchett, Kate Foster, and Hayden Lorimer -- Biological objects and "mascotism" : the life and times of Alfred the gorilla / Hannah Paddon -- Neurath's whale / Michelle Henning -- The afterlife of Chi-Chi / Henry Nicholls -- The Thames whale : the difficult birth of a celebrity specimen / Richard C. Sabin -- Enlivened through memory : hunters and hunting trophies / Garry Marvin -- An afterword on afterlife / Geoffrey N. Swinney.
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Subject	Famous animals -- Biography.
	Famous animals -- Collection and preservation.
	Natural history museums -- Exhibitions.
	Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation.
	Animals -- Biography.
	Taxidermy -- Anecdotes.
	Menageries.
	Animals and civilization.
Genre/Form	Aufsatzsammlung.
	Electronic books.
Added Author	Alberti, Samuel J. M. M.
Other Form:	Print version: Afterlives of animals. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011 9780813931678 (DLC) 2011008110 (OCoLC)710044932
ISBN	9780813932088 electronic bk.
	0813932084 electronic bk.
	9780813931678
	0813931673

Title The afterlives of animals [electronic resource] : a museum menagerie / edited by Samuel J.M.M. Alberti.

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