{"product_id":"preparing-the-ghost-matthew-gavin-frank-9781631490569","title":"Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer","description":"In 1874, Moses Harvey--eccentric Newfoundland reverend and amateur naturalist--was the first person to photograph the near-mythic giant squid, draping it over his shower curtain rod to display its magnitude. In \u003cem\u003ePreparing the Ghost\u003c\/em\u003e, what begins as Harvey's story becomes spectacularly \"slippery and many-armed\" (NewYorker.com) as Matthew Gavin Frank winds his narrative tentacles around history, creative nonfiction, science, memoir, and meditations about the interrelated nature of them all. In his full-hearted, lyrical style, Frank weaves in playful forays about his trip to Harvey's Newfoundland home, his own childhood and family history, and a catalog of peculiar facts that recall Melville 's story of obsession with another deep-sea dwelling leviathan. \"Totally original and haunting\" (\u003cem\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003ePreparing the Ghost\u003c\/em\u003e is a delightfully unpredictable inquiry into the big, beautiful human impulse to obsess.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Gavin Frank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631490567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631490569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 4.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Matthew Gavin Frank","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45477136367871,"sku":"9781631490569","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_520092ac-398f-4012-81fb-8f9fc8daa32e.jpg?v=1715919152","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/preparing-the-ghost-matthew-gavin-frank-9781631490569","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}