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The Extinction Club de Robert Twigger
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The Extinction Club (edição: 2002)

de Robert Twigger (Autor)

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For 1000 years, Milu - an exotic species of deer - existed only in the Chinese Emperor's private park in Beijing. Milu was odd-looking, with the neck of a camel, the horns of a stag, the feet of a cow and the tail of a donkey. In second half of the 19th century, a Basque missionary, Pere David, became the first westerner ever to see Milu. Eventually, he acquired some bones and a pelt, which were shipped in a diplomatic bag to Paris. The cured remains caused excitement across Europe, as zoologists clamoured to get hold of a live specimen. Soon every major nation in Europe had a Milu or two. But the deer did not thrive, and most of them died quickly. The one exception was in Bedfordshire - Woburn, the family seat of the 11th Duke of Bedford. He was devoted to the Milu, and under his care it flourished. Meanwhile in China, during the period of the Boxer Rebellion, Milu became extinct. Today, for a price, one can shoot a Milu in wild game reserves located throughout the world - but especially in Texas.… (mais)
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Título:The Extinction Club
Autores:Robert Twigger (Autor)
Informação:William Morrow (2002), Edition: 1, 240 pages
Coleções:Para ler, NON-FICTION, Science, Sua biblioteca
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This book is described as the "fascinating tale of nature, civilization, and history" of the Pere David's deer, in which "Robert Twigger poignantly recounts the story of this strange and rare animal." Those statements are patently false. This book is not an account of the natural and human-related history of the Pere David's deer (or milu), that information is barely a framing device. Instead, the reader will find meandering stories about the difficulty the author had in finding a secondhand book story in Cairo, the various lunches he had with his agent, and how computers are ruining library cataloging. ( )
  AndrewRPhillips | Oct 27, 2021 |
It's the usual story in a lot of books these days; author starts to write about a subject, gets sidetracked through a range of semi-related subjects before finally covering the target subject. And so it is "The Extinction Club", where Twiller decides to write a book about the Pere David's Deer, once found only in the Emperor's gardens in China but brought to England where they thrive (relatively speaking), and wanders off to the Bodleian Library in attempt to find the perfect book.

Twiller also talks about the Boxer Rebellion and his grandfather's role in it, meetings with publishers and just about anything else. In some cases you would suspect the author was desperately padding out the book to meet the word count but Twiller just about pulls it off. ( )
  MiaCulpa | Sep 16, 2016 |
Quick romp through the important issues -- secondhand bookstores, the Boxer Rebellion, and extinction, both personal and impersonal. Chapters delightfully short enough to make good holiday reading, especially with a good pot of tea at hand. ( )
  dunyazade | Oct 14, 2009 |
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For 1000 years, Milu - an exotic species of deer - existed only in the Chinese Emperor's private park in Beijing. Milu was odd-looking, with the neck of a camel, the horns of a stag, the feet of a cow and the tail of a donkey. In second half of the 19th century, a Basque missionary, Pere David, became the first westerner ever to see Milu. Eventually, he acquired some bones and a pelt, which were shipped in a diplomatic bag to Paris. The cured remains caused excitement across Europe, as zoologists clamoured to get hold of a live specimen. Soon every major nation in Europe had a Milu or two. But the deer did not thrive, and most of them died quickly. The one exception was in Bedfordshire - Woburn, the family seat of the 11th Duke of Bedford. He was devoted to the Milu, and under his care it flourished. Meanwhile in China, during the period of the Boxer Rebellion, Milu became extinct. Today, for a price, one can shoot a Milu in wild game reserves located throughout the world - but especially in Texas.

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