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Title
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The Peacock Country
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An Asia Book
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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By P. Alston Waring
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Creator
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Waring, P. Alston
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Contributor
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Bock, Vera
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:02:32Z
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1998-12
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1948
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:02:32Z
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Date Issued
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1948
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Abstract
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This is a loving book of twenty-one short animal anecdotes from India. I have read the first eight. The common thread seems to be a form of pathetic fallacy, whereby the animals demonstrate feeling or activity we normally associate with humans. Thus in the first story a cobra has lived in a banyon tree on the property which a solitary man has cultivated. The cobra overhears the conversation indicating that the banyon will be cut down the following day. The farmer is very sorry to lose his tree and wonders what will become of the cobra. The next morning he finds the cobra cold and dead in front of the tree. In the second story, two elephants maneuver a dying elephant between them onto his legs and escort him to the shade, where he can lie down and die more comfortably. Each story is preceded by a very appealing black-and-white illustration, and there are also many simple monocolor line-designs along the way. There are five full-page illustrations: frontispiece, 15, 45, 63, and 86.
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Identifier
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4053 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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The John Day Company, Inc.
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New York
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Subject
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PZ10.3.W25 Pe 1948
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole