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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Hudspeth, E. B.     Subjects     Animals, Mythical -- Fiction.     Physicians -- Fiction.     Surgeons -- Fiction.     Evolution (Biology) -- Fiction.     Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hudspeth, E. B.       by title:      The resurrectionist ...       by call number:      FICTION HUD     Search the Web     Hudspeth, E. B.     Animals, Mythical -- Fiction.     Physicians -- Fiction.     Surgeons -- Fiction.     Evolution (Biology) -- Fiction.     Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The resurrectionist : the lost work of Dr Spencer Black / E.B. Hudspeth. by Hudspeth, E. B. Quirk, c2013. Call #: FICTION HUD Subjects Animals, Mythical -- Fiction.   Physicians -- Fiction.   Surgeons -- Fiction.   Evolution (Biology) -- Fiction.   Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781594746161 1594746168 Edition:  1st ed. Description:  191 p. : ill. (some color) ; 28 cm. Summary:  Philadelphia, the late 1870s. A city of gas lamps, cobblestone streets, and horse-drawn carriages and home to the controversial surgeon Dr. Spencer Black. The son of a grave robber, young Dr. Black studies at Philadelphia's esteemed Academy of Medicine, where he develops an unconventional hypothesis: What if the world's most celebrated mythological beasts, mermaids, minotaurs, and satyrs, were in fact the evolutionary ancestors of humankind? The Resurrectionist offers two extraordinary books in one. The first is a fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black, from a childhood spent exhuming corpses through his medical training, his travels with carnivals, and the mysterious disappearance at the end of his life. The second book is Black's magnum opus: The Codex Extinct Animalia, a Gray's Anatomy for mythological beasts, dragons, centaurs, Pegasus, Cerberus. all rendered in meticulously detailed anatomical illustrations. You need only look at these images to realize they are the work of a madman. Genre:  Historical fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION HUD Adult books Checked out Jul 21, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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