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Description for Rhinoceros
Paperback. Rhinoceros' wildness has roots in the ancient, prehistoric and mythic. Many sightings of the rhinoceros were thought to prove the existence of the mythical unicorn, which was said to be impossible to capture alive. This title asks whether the savagery of the rhino is a reality or a legacy of its mythic past. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 224 pages, 49 black & white illustrations, 43 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
On Disneyland's 'Jungle Cruise', three men are forever chased up a palm tree by a rhinoceros whose sharp horn moves endlessly just out of reach of the lowest man's bottom. Having lived with the memory of this ride since childhood, the author was struck when she came across a reference to this 'natives up a tree' scene in an 1838 natural history description. Such images have demonized rhinos for generations; this book examines how such a solitary animal came to earn such a bad reputation. Rhinoceros' wildness has roots in the ancient, prehistoric and mythic. Many sightings of the rhinoceros ... Read more
On Disneyland's 'Jungle Cruise', three men are forever chased up a palm tree by a rhinoceros whose sharp horn moves endlessly just out of reach of the lowest man's bottom. Having lived with the memory of this ride since childhood, the author was struck when she came across a reference to this 'natives up a tree' scene in an 1838 natural history description. Such images have demonized rhinos for generations; this book examines how such a solitary animal came to earn such a bad reputation. Rhinoceros' wildness has roots in the ancient, prehistoric and mythic. Many sightings of the rhinoceros ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Animal
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861893741
SKU
V9781861893741
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About Kelly Enright
Kelly Enright is a cultural and environmental historian, and a museum anthropologist based in New Jersey, USA.
Reviews for Rhinoceros
'The latest addition to Reaktion's splendid "Animal" series concerns a beast that was confused with the unicorn, libelled by Pliny (he called it "plotting, conniving and underhanded) and praised by Ernest Hemingway ("the hell of an animal") though only as a trophy.' - The Independent 'The latest monograph in the winning Animal series - truly natural ... Read more