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Christopher Hals Gylseth - Julia Pastrana: The Tragic Story of the Victorian Ape Woman - 9780750933131 - V9780750933131
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Julia Pastrana: The Tragic Story of the Victorian Ape Woman

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Description for Julia Pastrana: The Tragic Story of the Victorian Ape Woman Paperback. A compelling and strange story of how and why Julia Pastrana became one of the most infamous women in Europe and America. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZW; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.

In a dusty corner at 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 nineteenth century, this 'ape woman' was renowned, visited by scientists of international repute, and drawing the populace of three continents to the freakshows in which she starred. Just 4ft 6in tall, she was covered in hair, with a protruding jaw; but she also spoke several languages, married, had a child, made money. This is the compelling and strange story of how a woman born in the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750933131
SKU
V9780750933131
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5

About Christopher Hals Gylseth
Christopher Hals Gylseth works as a journalist. He has written two biographies, 'Ovre Richter Frich' (1997) and 'Thorbjorn Egner' (2000). Lars O. Toverud works as a researcher for documentary programmes at NRK, the national broadcasting company of Norway.

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