{"product_id":"the-manikin-joanna-scott-9780312421380","title":"The Manikin","description":"The Manikin is not a mannequin, but the curious estate of Henry Craxton, Sr. in a rural western New York State. Dubbed the \"Henry Ford of Natural History,\" by 1917 Craxton has become America's preeminent taxidermist. Into this magic box of a world-filled with eerily inanimate gibbons and bats, owls and peacocks, quetzals and crocodiles-wanders young Peg Griswood, daughter of Craxton's newest housekeeper. Part coming-of-age story, part gothic mystery, and part exploration of the intimate embrace between art and life, Joanna Scott's \u003ci\u003eThe Manikin\u003c\/i\u003e is compulsively readable and beautifully written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanna Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312421389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312421380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.55w x 0.82d","brand":"Joanna Scott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981560512767,"sku":"9780312421380","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85369ae6-8c6a-45cd-a06d-e6bfb4fbb1b5.jpg?v=1683256285","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-manikin-joanna-scott-9780312421380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}