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The animal's companion : people and their pets, a 26,000-year love story / Jacky Colliss Harvey.

By: Publication details: London : Allen & Unwin, 2019.Description: 294 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781760295783
  • 1760295787
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 636.0887 23
Contents:
Finding -- Choosing -- Fashioning -- Naming -- Communicating -- Connecting -- Caring -- Losing -- Imagining.
Summary: An "exploration of the universal human need for animal companions -- from dogs and cats to horses, birds, house-rabbits, and even exotica such as lizards and snakes -- through the eyes of an historical detective and devoted pet-lover."--
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Non-Fiction 636.088 HAR Available 069697
Total reserves: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Finding -- Choosing -- Fashioning -- Naming -- Communicating -- Connecting -- Caring -- Losing -- Imagining.

An "exploration of the universal human need for animal companions -- from dogs and cats to horses, birds, house-rabbits, and even exotica such as lizards and snakes -- through the eyes of an historical detective and devoted pet-lover."--

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