The Romance of Natural History
Night-attack of wolves in Mongolia. Nearly fatal combat with a kangaroo. Comic scenes with the Elephant. Captain Herriman examines a supposed Sea-serpent. This charming book, published by British naturalist PHILIP HENRY GOSSE (1810-1888) in 1860, was a best seller in its day, and no wonder: this is a passionate around-the-world journey through nature both wild and serene... and mysterious. In the annals of cryptozoology, says cryptozoologist Loren Coleman in his new introduction, Gosse is credited as one of the grandfathers of the discipline... In this book, one finds his records of the sea serpent, giant snakes, Africa…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-60520-334-8
- EAN: 9781605203348
- Produktnummer: 5247146
- Verlag: Cosimo Classics
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 416 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.4 cm 553 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 553
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