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The strange life of Charles Waterton, 1782-1865
- Title
- The strange life of Charles Waterton, 1782-1865 / by Richard Aldington.
- Author
- Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962
- Publication
- New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1949]
- copyright 1949
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 8604.956.11 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 231 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- "From 1782 to 1865 there lived, mainly at Walton Hall in the county of Yorkshire in England, a man whose name was Charles Waterton. He was the Last Great Eccentric. Squire Waterton was also a farmer, a naturalist, and such a traveler as only an Englishman can be. His whole life made a pattern of odd adventure, some of whose highlights were his encounters with a boa constrictor, which he disposed of by a punch to the jaw; with a crocodile, which he rode up and down the Essequibo River; and with an unfortunate donkey. which he first poisoned experimentally with curare and then revived by means of a bellows..." -- Book Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- collective biographies.
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- "The Waterton material": p. 216-220.
- LCCN
- 49050225
- OCLC
- ocm00813508
- 813508
- SCSB-475386
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library