Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London 174332586X, 9781743325865

Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London tells the remarkable story of Obaysch the hippopotamus, the first ‘star’ ani

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Table of contents :
Testimonials
About the Animal Publics series
Full title page
Contents
List of Plates
Preface and Acknowledgements
Prologue
Introduction: Why Obaysch?
1: The Life and Times of Obaysch the Hippopotamus
Chapter
2: The Several Meanings of Hippos
: Postscript: The Unhappy Hippopotamus
3: A Bloat of Other European Hippos
Obaysch and His Bloat
A Note on Sources
Bibliography
Index
About the author
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