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Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder

Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Techno logy

Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Techno logy

By Lawrence Weschler

By Lawrence Weschler

By Lawrence Weschler

By Lawrence Weschler

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Nov 26, 1996 | ISBN 9780679764892

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Mar 20, 2013 | ISBN 9780307833983

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    About Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet Of Wonder

    Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
    Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction

    Pronged ants, horned humans, a landscape carved on a fruit pit–some of the displays in David Wilson’s Museum of Jurassic Technology are hoaxes. But which ones? As he guides readers through an intellectual hall of mirrors, Lawrence Weschler revisits the 16th-century “wonder cabinets” that were the first museums and compels readers to examine the imaginative origins of both art and science.

    About Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet Of Wonder

    Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
    Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction

    Pronged ants, horned humans, a landscape carved on a fruit pit–some of the displays in David Wilson’s Museum of Jurassic Technology are hoaxes. But which ones? As he guides readers through an intellectual hall of mirrors, Lawrence Weschler revisits the 16th-century “wonder cabinets” that were the first museums and compels readers to examine the imaginative origins of both art and science.

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    About Lawrence Weschler

    Lawrence Weschler was for over twenty years (1981-2002) a staff writer at The New Yorker, where his work shuttled between political tragedies and cultural comedies.  He is a two-time winner of the George Polk Award and was also a recipient of Lannan… More about Lawrence Weschler

    About Lawrence Weschler

    Lawrence Weschler was for over twenty years (1981-2002) a staff writer at The New Yorker, where his work shuttled between political tragedies and cultural comedies.  He is a two-time winner of the George Polk Award and was also a recipient of Lannan… More about Lawrence Weschler

    Product Details

    Category: Travel | Essays & Literary Collections

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Vintage
    Nov 26, 1996 | 192 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679764892

    Category: Travel | Essays & Literary Collections

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Vintage
    Mar 20, 2013 | 192 Pages | ISBN 9780307833983

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