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Author Frank, Matthew Gavin.

Title Preparing the ghost : an essay concerning the giant squid and its first photographer / Matthew Gavin Frank.

Publication Info. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
©2014

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Location Call No. Status
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  594.58 FRANK    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  594.58 FRANK    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 297 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293).
Contents The largest animal without a backbone -- The mere fabrication of a distorted mind -- All of these suckers -- We're coming to a head wind.
Summary An account detailing the achievements of the first man to photograph a giant squid profiles Moses Harvey as an eccentric Newfoundland reverend and obsessive amateur naturalist while describing the author's research trip to Harvey's home.
Subject Giant squids.
Harvey, M. (Moses), 1820-1901.
Giant squids -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Atlantic Coast.
Giant squids -- Social aspects.
Photography of animals.
ISBN 9780871402837 (hardcover)
0871402831 (hardcover)
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