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Kingdom under glass : a tale of obsession, adventure, and one man's quest to preserve the world's great animals

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Kingdom under glass : a tale of obsession, adventure, and one man's quest to preserve the world's great animals

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Kirk, Jay

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Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926, Akeley, Carl E, American Museum of Natural History. Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals, Wild animal collectors -- United States -- Biography, Taxidermists -- United States -- Biography, Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Africa, Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation, Taxidermists -- New York (State) -- Brockport, Tiere, Präparation, Jagd, Konservatorer, Zoologer, Afrika
Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Henry Holt
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Language
English
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1.2G
387 pages : 25 cm

An account of the life of the famed explorer and taxidermist assesses his influence on American views about natural-world conservation, covering his dangerous pursuits of wildlife for his dioramas

Akeley studied taxidemry in Brockport, NY, with George Guelf (many of whose glass slide plates are in the College Archives at Drake Memorial Library, The College at Brockprt)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-372) and index

An account of the life of the famed explorer and taxidermist assesses his influence on American views about natural-world conservation, covering his dangerous pursuits of wildlife for his dioramas

Akeley studied taxidemry in Brockport, NY, with George Guelf (many of whose glass slide plates are in the College Archives at Drake Memorial Library, The College at Brockprt)
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9780805092820
080509282X
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