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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Extinction Clubdi Robert Twigger
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![]() Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. ![]() ![]() It's the usual story in a lot of books these days; author starts to write about a subject, gets sidetracked through a range of semi-related subjects before finally covering the target subject. And so it is "The Extinction Club", where Twiller decides to write a book about the Pere David's Deer, once found only in the Emperor's gardens in China but brought to England where they thrive (relatively speaking), and wanders off to the Bodleian Library in attempt to find the perfect book. Twiller also talks about the Boxer Rebellion and his grandfather's role in it, meetings with publishers and just about anything else. In some cases you would suspect the author was desperately padding out the book to meet the word count but Twiller just about pulls it off. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
For 1000 years, Milu - an exotic species of deer - existed only in the Chinese Emperor's private park in Beijing. Milu was odd-looking, with the neck of a camel, the horns of a stag, the feet of a cow and the tail of a donkey. In second half of the 19th century, a Basque missionary, Pere David, became the first westerner ever to see Milu. Eventually, he acquired some bones and a pelt, which were shipped in a diplomatic bag to Paris. The cured remains caused excitement across Europe, as zoologists clamoured to get hold of a live specimen. Soon every major nation in Europe had a Milu or two. But the deer did not thrive, and most of them died quickly. The one exception was in Bedfordshire - Woburn, the family seat of the 11th Duke of Bedford. He was devoted to the Milu, and under his care it flourished. Meanwhile in China, during the period of the Boxer Rebellion, Milu became extinct. Today, for a price, one can shoot a Milu in wild game reserves located throughout the world - but especially in Texas. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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![]() GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:![]()
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