{"product_id":"the-tiger-that-swallowed-the-john-simons-9781907471711","title":"The Tiger That Swallowed the Boy: Exotic Animals in Victorian England","description":"Looking at zoological gardens, private menageries, circuses, and natural history museums, this fascinating account explores the surprising extent of the exotic-animal trade in 19th-century England and its colonies. Filled with entertaining anecdotes-from the tiger that prowled down St. George's Street in London with a boy in its mouth and the polar bear that killed a dog in Liverpool to the kangaroos hopping around the lawns of stately homes and the boa constrictor who got loose in Tunbridge Wells-this book also shares how the animals played a key role in the project to ensure that leisure was educational. As it demonstrates how the trade was intimately connected with the tides of Empire, it will be of interest to academics and general readers alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Simons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1907471715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781907471711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Libri Publishing Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"John Simons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125531308287,"sku":"9781907471711","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5bc8665-5735-4cd3-9709-36772b36172f.jpg?v=1687443154","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tiger-that-swallowed-the-john-simons-9781907471711","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}