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Dreambirds : The Strange History of the Ostrich in Fashion, Food, and Fortune
Dreambirds The Strange History of the Ostrich in Fashion Food and Fortune
Author: Rob Nixon
The ostrich is one of nature's misfits: a gigantic bird that can neither fly nor sing. But the fin-de-siecle fetish for feathers made ostrich plumes more precious than gold. Rob Nixon grew up near the South African desert where ostriches first boomed, and had an early passion for the outsize bird. Later, his rejection of apartheid led him to imm...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312245405
ISBN-10: 0312245408
Publication Date: 3/1/2000
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Picador
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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