Reckoning with the Beast: Animals, Pain, and Humanity in the Victorian Mind (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)

Reckoning with the Beast: Animals, Pain, and Humanity in the Victorian Mind (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)

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Reckoning with the Beast: Animals, Pain, and Humanity in the Victorian Mind (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)

Reckoning with the Beast: Animals, Pain, and Humanity in the Victorian Mind (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)

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Published October 1, 1980
ISBN 567264
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James Crewdson Turner is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, James Crewdson Turner enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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