Download or read book Master Pongo written by Mustafa Haikal and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1876, Berlin anxiously awaited the arrival of what was billed as “the most gigantic ape known to zoology.” Described by European explorers only a few decades earlier, gorillas had rarely been seen outside of Africa, and emerging theories of evolution only increased the public’s desire to see this “monster with human features.” However, when he arrived, the so-called monster turned out to be a juvenile male less than thirty-two inches tall. Known as M’Pungu (Master Pongo), or simply Pongo, the gorilla was put on display in the Unter den Linden Aquarium in the center of Berlin. Expecting the horrid creature described by the news outlets of the time, the crowds who flocked to see Pongo were at first surprised and then charmed by the little ape. He quickly became one of the largest attractions in the city, and his handlers exploited him for financial gain and allowed doctors and scientists to study him closely. Throughout his time in Europe, Pongo was treated like a person in many respects. He drank beer, ate meat, slept at the home of the head of the aquarium, and “visited” London and Hamburg. But this new lifestyle and foreign environment weren’t healthy for the little gorilla. Pongo fell ill frequently and died of “consumption” in November 1877, less than a year and a half after being brought to Europe. An irresistible read, illustrated with contemporaneous drawings, this critical retelling of the expedition that brought Pongo to Berlin and of his short life in Europe sheds important light on human-animal interactions and science at a time in Western society when the theory of evolution was first gaining ground.
Download or read book The New navy list compiled by C Haultain and J Allen written by Joseph Allen (of Greenwich hosp) and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Three Mulla mulgars written by Walter De la Mare and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first and possibly the most famous of de la Mare's children's books. It started as a series of stories he told his own children. An animal fable of three royal monkeys who travel to find their missing father; and their adventures on the journey. --abebooks website.
Download or read book Novels By Paul De Kock written by Paul De Kock and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-24 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Novels By Paul De Kock by Paul De Kock
Download or read book The Three Royal Monkeys Or The Three Mulla Mulgars written by Walter De la Mare and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Latin American Folktales written by John Bierhorst and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over one hundred stories showcasing the wisdom and artistry of one the world’s richest folktale traditions—the first panoramic anthology of Hispano-American folk narratives in any language. Gathered from twenty countries and combining the lore of medieval Europe, the ancient Near East, and pre-Columbian America, the stories brought together here represent a core collection of classic Latin American folktales. Among the essential characters are the quiet man's wife who knew the Devil's secrets, the three daughters who robbed their father's grave, and the wife in disguise who married her own husband—not to mention the Bear's son, the tricksters Fox and Monkey, the two compadres, and the classic rogue Pedro de Urdemalas. Featuring black-and-white illustrations throughout, this Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library edition is unprecedented in size and scope, including riddles, folk prayers, and fables never before translated into English.
Download or read book Creating the Hybrid Intellectual written by Anne Lambright and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 2007 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A contribution to the study of Peruvian anthropologist and creative writer, Jose Maria Arguedas. It asserts that it is through reading the role and trajectory of the feminine in Arguedian narrative that we can best understand the author's national vision.
Download or read book The Flower Girl of the Chateau D Eau written by Charles Paul De Kock and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Paul de Kock (1793-1871) was a French novelist. His stories are mostly of middle-class Parisian life, of guinguettes and cabarets and equivocal adventures of one sort or another. The most famous are Andre le Savoyard and Le Barbier de Paris."
Download or read book Truth written by and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Navy List written by and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Century Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My Life s Pilgrimage written by Thomas Catling and published by Gale and the British Library. This book was released on 1911 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from My Life's Pilgrimage: Introd, by Lord Burnham Art of printing - since Fust and Gutenberg first used type to make their impressions - was the application of steam to the printing machine, and that was the triumph of a journalist. In 1814 Mr. John Walter, of the Times, announced, with justifiable flourish of trumpets, that he was working his machine by steam. Here are his words: It is done with a variety and simul taneousness of movement that not less than sheets are impressed in one hour. Though we can nowadays print far more sheets of much larger newspapers in a minute than Mr. Walter could in an hour, this was an epoch-making advance. In the days and nights upon which I am looking back a large amount, even of newspaper printing, was done by manual machinery, the motive power being supplied by two men turning a wheel. To-day in all large establishments we have engines of extraordinary horse-power, and the type itself set by machinery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Scribner s Monthly an Illustrated Magazine for the People written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Century Monthly Magazine written by Josiah Gilbert Holland and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scribner s Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
