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Julia Pastrana: The Tragic Story of the Victorian Ape Woman
Julia Pastrana The Tragic Story of the Victorian Ape Woman
Author: Christopher Hals Gylseth, Lars O. Toverud
In a dusty corner of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Norway lie the remains of Julia Pastrana, half hidden in a black plastic sack, all but forgotten. Yet in the middle of the 19th century, this "ape woman" was renowned, visited by scientists of international repute, and drawing the populace of three continents to the freakshows in which s...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780750933131
ISBN-10: 0750933135
Publication Date: 9/1/2004
Pages: 176
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Publisher: The History Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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