Mammoth [Paperback]
Flynn, Chris, 1972-2020
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Narrated by a 13,000-year-old extinct American mastodon, Mammoth is the (mostly) true story of how the skull of a Tyrannosaurus bataar, a pterodactyl, a prehistoric penguin, the severed hand of an Egyptian mummy and the narrator himself came to be on sale at a 2007 natural history auction in Manhattan. Ranging from the Pleistocene Epoch to nineteenth-century America and beyond, including detours to Napoleonic France and Nazi Germany, Mammoth illuminates a period of history when ideas about science and religion underwent significant change. By tracing how and when the fossils were unearthed, Mammoth traverses time and place to reveal humanity's role in the inexorable destruction of the natural world.
Main title:
Mammoth [Paperback] / Chris Flynn.
Author:
Flynn, Chris, 1972-, author
Imprint:
St Lucia, Queensland : UQP, 2020.©2020
Collation:
256 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780702262746 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
Subject:
Antique auctions -- New York (State) -- Manhattan -- FictionFossils -- FictionReligion and science -- FictionNature -- Effect of human beings on -- FictionMammoths -- FictionAustralian fictionAntiquities -- FictionAnimal remains (Archaeology) -- FictionAuctions -- FictionHumorous fictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
368743
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - General | FLYN | Onloan - Due: 26 May 2024 |
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | FLYN | Onloan - Due: 29 May 2024 |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Fiction - General | FLYN | Available |