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- catalog abstract "" ... the brilliant, peculiar, and complex tale of the Milu. For one thousand years, the Milu, an exotic species of deer with the neck of a camel, the horns of a stag, the feet of a cow, and the tail of a donkey, existed only in the Chinese emperor's private park in Beijing. But in the second half of the nineteenth century a Basque missionary, Pére David, became the first Westerner ever to see a Milu. Transfixed by the strange beast, he risked his life to obtain a specimen, then embalmed it and sent it to Paris in a diplomatic bag. ... Within a very short time, every major nation in Europe possessed a Muli. But most failed to thrive and died quickly ... yet the exotic deer were able to survive in one place--Bedfordshire, England--due to the nurturing of a devoted caretaker, the 11th Duke of Bedford ..."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12572762.
- catalog coverage "China Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "England Fiction.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description "" ... the brilliant, peculiar, and complex tale of the Milu. For one thousand years, the Milu, an exotic species of deer with the neck of a camel, the horns of a stag, the feet of a cow, and the tail of a donkey, existed only in the Chinese emperor's private park in Beijing. But in the second half of the nineteenth century a Basque missionary, Pére David, became the first Westerner ever to see a Milu. Transfixed by the strange beast, he risked his life to obtain a specimen, then embalmed it and sent it to Paris in a diplomatic bag. ... Within a very short time, every major nation in Europe possessed a Muli. But most failed to thrive and died quickly ... yet the exotic deer were able to survive in one place--Bedfordshire, England--due to the nurturing of a devoted caretaker, the 11th Duke of Bedford ..."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "222 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0688175392 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : William Morrow,".
- catalog spatial "China Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "England Fiction.".
- catalog subject "823/.914 21".
- catalog subject "Authorship Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Bedford, Herbrand Arthur Russell, Duke of, 1858-1940 Fiction.".
- catalog subject "David, Armand, 1826-1900 Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Endangered species Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Naturalists Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PR6120.W54 E98 2001".
- catalog subject "Père David's deer Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Woburn Abbey Fiction.".
- catalog title "The extinction club / Robert Twigger.".
- catalog type "Experimental fiction. lcsh".
- catalog type "Experimental fiction.".
- catalog type "text".