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Mammoth
Mammoth | Chris Flynn
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Narrated by a 13,000-year-old extinct American mastodon, Mammoth is the (mostly) true story of how the skull of a Tyrannosaurus bataar, a pterodactyl, a prehistoric penguin, the severed hand of an Egyptian mummy and the narrator himself came to be on sale at a 2007 natural history auction in Manhattan. Ranging from the Pleistocene Epoch to nineteenth-century America and beyond, including detours to Napoleonic France and Nazi Germany, Mammoth illuminates a period of history when ideas about science and religion underwent significant change. By tracing how and when the fossils were unearthed, Mammoth traverses time and place to reveal humanity's role in the inexorable destruction of the natural world.
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Messiejessie
Mammoth | Chris Flynn
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A unique and amusing book narrated by a 13,000 year-old extinct mammoth. It‘s a tale of this Mummut‘s journey combined with his musings on the bewildering world of humans.

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Katiesbookishlife
Mammoth | Chris Flynn
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Loved this book, told from such an interesting perspective.

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keepingupwiththepenguins
Mammoth | Chris Flynn
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Mammoth reads as if Bill Bryson turned his hand to writing fiction. Thirteen thousand years of natural history narrated by the fossil of an American mammoth. It‘s one for the eco-conscious and sentimental among us, who are (clearly) in dire need of a good laugh and a bit of optimism about the state of the world. Extended review here: http://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/new-releases/

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