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Title
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Animal Crackers: A Bestial Lexicon
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Penguin Books
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Description
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Robert Hendrickson
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Creator
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Hendrickson, Robert
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Date
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2016-01-25T15:22:51Z
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1990-04
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1983
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T15:22:51Z
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Date Issued
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1983
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Abstract
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A delightful and well researched reference work that is exhaustive--though often inconclusive--in chasing animal phrases back to their origins. Perfect for reading a few pages a day. The Animal Name Index promised in the Introduction seems to be lacking, at least in the paperback. Inclusions from fables that I have noticed include: bell the cat (23), bull and bear markets (36), a cock and bull story (53), cook your goose (60), cry wolf (64), the lion's share (139), a serpent in one's bosom (190), slow and steady wins the race (194), and sour grapes (196). Aesop is not mentioned where he might be as a source for one swallow does not a summer make (162).
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Identifier
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0670126977 (Viking : hard)
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865 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Penguin Books
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New York
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Subject
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PE1689.H46 1983
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Tangential book
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole