The natural history of unicorns
Title:
The natural history of unicorns
1. the natural history of unicorns
Author:
Lavers, Chris.
ISBN:
9780060874155
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st Harper Perennial ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Harper Perennial, 2010.
Physical Description:
xiv, 258 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
General Note:
| Title on cover: 1. the natural history of unicorns. |
| Originally published: London : Granta Books, 2009. |
Contents:
A one-horned ass -- Where unicorns roam -- The Judaeo-Christian unicorn -- The iconic unicorn -- Beneficent unicorns -- Hunting the khutu -- A great way off! -- In darkest Africa -- The scientist's unicorn -- Ancestral unicorns.
Abstract:
The author argues that although the unicorn of our imagination isn't real, traces of its character can be found in existing species. In this lively and vivid exploration of the natural world, Lavers follows the beast's trail to the plateaus of India and into the jungles of Africa to unearth the flesh and blood ancestors of the iconic unicorn.
Subject Term:
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-248) and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 南院 10420150 GR830.U6 L38 st