Authentic Animal

by Dave Madden

Book Overview

" 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 in The 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250014727
• ISBN13: 9781250014726
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 8.0"