02553nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10554885 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110328s2011 vaua sb 001 0beng d 2011008110 9780813931678 (cloth alk. paper) 0813931673 (cloth alk. paper) 0813932084 (ebook) 9780813932088 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)785940939 QL793 .A38 2011eb 590 22 The afterlives of animals [electronic resource] : a museum menagerie / edited by Samuel J.M.M. Alberti. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011. vi, 247 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : the dead ark / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- "The Queen's ass" : the cultural life of Queen Charlotte's zebra in Georgian Britain / Christopher Plumb -- Maharajah the elephant's journey : from nature to culture / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- Sir Roger the elephant / Richard Sutcliffe, Mike Rutherford, and Jeanne Robinson -- "Under my skin" : the biography of a Manchester mandrill / Sophie Everest -- Balto the dog / Rachel Poliquin -- The biogeographies of a hollow-eyed harrier / Merle Patchett, Kate Foster, and Hayden Lorimer -- Biological objects and "mascotism" : the life and times of Alfred the gorilla / Hannah Paddon -- Neurath's whale / Michelle Henning -- The afterlife of Chi-Chi / Henry Nicholls -- The Thames whale : the difficult birth of a celebrity specimen / Richard C. Sabin -- Enlivened through memory : hunters and hunting trophies / Garry Marvin -- An afterword on afterlife / Geoffrey N. Swinney. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Famous animals Biography. Famous animals Collection and preservation. Natural history museums Exhibitions. Zoological specimens Collection and preservation. Animals Biography. Taxidermy Anecdotes. Menageries. Animals and civilization. Electronic books. local Alberti, Samuel J. M. M. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10554885 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 91851 91851