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Churchill's menagerie : Winston Churchill and the animal kingdom
- Title
- Churchill's menagerie : Winston Churchill and the animal kingdom / Piers Brendon.
- Author
- Brendon, Piers
- Publication
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2019.
- ©2019
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- Description
- 320 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- In this unique narrative, Piers Brendon looks deeply into Churchill's admiration of the animal kingdom--and how animals played such a large part in his everyday life. Winston Churchill was known for his great love for and admiration of animals. In fact, one of Churchill's key char- acteristics was his fascination with the animal kingdom--creatures of all sorts were a crucial element throughout his life. He was amused, intrigued, enchanted by, and sometimes even besotted with, a vast menagerie, from his pet bud- gerigar, dogs, cats, fish, and butterflies, to his own lion, leopard, and white kangaroos kept at London Zoo, and even more unusual species. Dwelling amid flora and fauna was Churchill's ideal form of existence--"The world would be better off if it were inhabited only by animals"--and he signed his boyhood letters home "The Pussy Cat." In this fascinating book, Dr. Piers Brendon looks deeper into Churchill's love of the animal kingdom and at how animals played such a large part in his everyday life. We encounter the paradox of the animal-loving-hunter, who hunts foxes yet keeps them as pets, who likes fishing but loves fish, along with the man who used analogies to animals time and time again in his speeches and writings. The picture that emerges shows another side of the great man, showcasing his wit, wisdom, and wayward genius from a different perspective and shedding new and fascinating light on his love of the animal kingdom.
- Subject
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
- 1800-1999
- Prime ministers > Great Britain > Biography
- Prime ministers > Great Britain > Anecdotes
- Human-animal relationships
- Human-animal relationships > Great Britain > Anecdotes
- Prime ministers
- Great Britain > History > 19th century > Biography
- Great Britain > History > 20th century > Biography
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Note
- "August 2019"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-310) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-10205
- ISBN
- 9781643131368
- 1643131362
- OCLC
- 1102417240
- Author
- Brendon, Piers, author.
- Title
- Churchill's menagerie : Winston Churchill and the animal kingdom / Piers Brendon.
- Publisher
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-310) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-10205