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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Curious Creatures in Zoology
John Ashton
331 pages~6 hr 36 min read91 chapters$4.99
Old travelers came home swearing to giants, pygmies, hairy wild men, and satyrs lurking at the map's edges. Ashton gathers these curious creatures from centuries of zoology and legend, sorting fable from the animals behind them. A witty tour of what people once believed shared the earth with them. Meet the monsters of the old bestiaries.
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Inside this book
91 chapters
- 1CURIOUS CREATURES IN ZOOLOGY
- 2PREFACE.
- 3CONTENTS.
- 4CURIOUS CREATURES.
- 5Amazons.
- 6Pygmies.
- 7Giants.
- 8Early Men.
- 9Wild Men.
- 10Hairy Men.
- 11The Ouran Outan.
- 12Satyrs.
- 13The Sphynx.
- 14Apes.
- 15Animal Lore.
- 16The Manticora.
- 17The Lamia.
- 18The Centaur.
+ 73 more. The full contents open with the book.
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