TY - BOOK AU - Alberti,Samuel J.M.M. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The afterlives of animals: a museum menagerie AV - QL793 .A38 2011eb U1 - 590 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Charlottesville PB - University of Virginia Press KW - Famous animals KW - Biography KW - Collection and preservation KW - Natural history museums KW - Exhibitions KW - Zoological specimens KW - Animals KW - Taxidermy KW - Anecdotes KW - Menageries KW - Animals and civilization KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10554885 ER -