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On animals

On animals

Orlean, Susan, author.
Large Print 2021

'How we interact with animals has preoccupied philosophers, poets, and naturalists for ages,' writes Susan Orlean. Since the age of six, when Orlean wrote and illustrated a book called Herbert the Near-Sighted Pigeon, she's been drawn to stories about how we live with animals, and how they abide by us. Now, in On Animals, she examines animal-human relationships through the compelling tales she has written over the course of her celebrated career....

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Animal behavior
Animals Anecdotes
Animals Social aspects
Human-animal relationships Anecdotes
Orlean, Susan
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ISBN:
9781432891947
1432891944
Edition:
Large print edition
Description:
409 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
large print
Notes:
Originally published in standard print format: New York, NY : Avid Reader Press, ©2021
"These pieces originally appeared in slightly modified form in The New Yorker, Smithsonian, the Atlantic, and as an Amazon Original"--Title page verso
Contents:
Introduction: animalish
The it bird
Show dog
The lady and the tigers
Riding high
Little wing
Animal action
Where's Willy?
Carbonaro and primavera
Lifelike
Lion whisperer
The rabbit outbreak
The perfect beast
Lost dog
Where donkeys deliver
Farmville
Control Number:
3099334
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