{"product_id":"the-man-who-ate-the-richard-girling-9781784701611","title":"The Man Who Ate the Zoo: Frank Buckland: Forgotten Hero of Natural History","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrank Buckland was an extraordinary man--a surgeon, a natural historian, a sell-out lecturer, a bestselling writer, a museum curator, and a conservationist, before the concept even existed. Eccentric, revolutionary, popular, prolific, he was one of the 19th century's authentic geniuses. He was obsessed by food security and finding ways to feed the hungry (the book recounts his many unusual experiments), and by protecting our fisheries (he can be credited with saving British fish from commercial extinction). He was one of the most original, far-sighted, and influential natural scientists of his time, held as high in public esteem as Charles Darwin. \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Ate the Zoo\u003c\/i\u003e is no conventional biography, but rather a journey back into Buckland's life, a hunt for this forgotten man. It sets Buckland's thinking and achievements in a rounded historical context, but views this Victorian adventurer from a modern viewpoint. It is a celebration of the great age of natural science, one man's genius and what, even now, can be learned from him.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Girling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1784701610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784701611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018 pg. 23","brand":"Richard Girling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125378773247,"sku":"9781784701611","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f0adc19-5342-40e6-8661-4d209ec9982e.jpg?v=1687442282","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-man-who-ate-the-richard-girling-9781784701611","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}