The Zoo

The Zoo
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 357
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ISBN-10 : 9780241975077
ISBN-13 : 0241975077
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Book Synopsis The Zoo by : Isobel Charman

Download or read book The Zoo written by Isobel Charman and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How one man's mad mission became one of the best-loved places in the world The creation of a zoo in Dickensian London - when only one other existed across the world - is a story of jaw-dropping audacity. It is the story of trailblazing scientists, rival zookeepers and aristocratic naturalists collecting amazing animals from all four corners of the globe. It is the story of a weird and wonderful oasis in the heart of a swirling city, and of incredible characters, both human and animal - from Stamford Raffles and Charles Darwin to Jenny the orang-utan and Obaysch the celebrity hippo, the first that anyone in Britain had ever seen. Against a background of global Empire, domestic reform and industrialisation, this is a new history of a new world.


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