Animal Attractions

  • Animal Attractions: Nature on Display in American Zoos
    By Elizabeth Hanson

    pigs , prairie dogs , an assortment of rabbits , Angora cats , deer , and monkeys , as well as bird eggs and deer horns.27 Frank B. Armstrong was a collector based in Brownsville , Texas , who started out in the business of collecting ...

  • Animal Attractions: Nature on Display in American Zoos
    By Elizabeth Hanson

    The first book-length history of American zoos, Animal Attractions examines the meaning of nature in the city by looking at the ways zoos have assembled and displayed their animal collections.

  • Animal Attractions
    By Peter Hill Beard, Diana Edkins

    Here, 102 photographs by 52 of the world's finest contemporary photographers explore the varied relationships between people and animals. Most of the photographs are of domestic animals, what we usually...

  • Animal Attractions: Some Silly Animal Names
    By Bp Hofhine

    A children's picture book that shows silly features of animals that are named for everyday things.

  • Animal Attractions: Nature on Display in American Zoos
    By Elizabeth Hanson

    "--David Hancocks, Director, Victoria's Open Range Zoo "This is an innovative, well-researched, engagingly written, and important study of the cultural history of zoos in America.