The Authentic Animal - Inside the Odd and Obsessive World of Taxidermy (Paperback)

Why would someone create or own the mounted skin of a dead animal? That's the question Dave Madden explores in "The Authentic Animal". He begins with the life story of Carl Akeley, father of modern taxidermy, who started by stuffing a canary and ended with creating the Akeley Hall of African Mammals at The American Museum of Natural History. To get a first-hand glimpse at this world, Madden travels to the World Taxidermy Championships, the garage workplaces of people who mount freeze-dried pets for bereaved owners and the classrooms of a taxidermy academy where students stretch deer pelts over foam bases. On his travels he looks at the forms taxidermy takes - hunting trophies, museum dioramas, roadside novelties, pet memorials - and considers what taxidermy has to tell us about human-animal relationships.

General

Imprint:	Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	December 2012
Authors:	Dave Madden
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-250-01472-6
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Taxidermy Promotions
LSN:	1-250-01472-7
Barcode:	9781250014726

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