Still Life - Melissa Milgrom

Still Life

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Buch | Softcover
304 Seiten
2011
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-547-39570-8 (ISBN)
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Taxidermy is everywhere these days—from hip restaurants to posh clothing stores. Yet few realize that behind these "stuffed" animals is a world of intrepid hunterexplorers, eccentric naturalists, and museum artisans, all devoted to the paradoxical pursuit of creating the illusion of life.Into this subculture of intensely passionate animal lovers ventures journalist Melissa Milgrom, whose trek stretches from the family workshop of the last chief taxidermist for the American Museum of Natural History to the studio where an English sculptor preserves the animals for Damien Hirst’s most disturbing artwork. Milgrom tags along with a Canadian bear trapper and three-time World Taxidermy Champion as he re-creates an extinct Irish elk using DNA studies and Paleolithic cave art for reference. She even picks up a scalpel and stuffs her own squirrel. Transformed from a curious onlooker to an empathetic participant, Milgrom takes us deep into the world of taxidermy and reveals its uncanny appeal.

MELISSA MILGROM has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Salon, the Daily Beast and Travel and Leisure, among other publications; she has also produced radio segments for NPR. She has a master's degree in American Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.7.2011
Verlagsort Boston
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Literatur Romane / Erzählungen
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Kreatives Gestalten
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Natur / Ökologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
ISBN-10 0-547-39570-1 / 0547395701
ISBN-13 978-0-547-39570-8 / 9780547395708
Zustand Neuware
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