The Tiger That Swallowed the Boy: Exotic Animals in Victorian England

by John Simons

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1907471715
• ISBN13: 9781907471711
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Libri Publishing Ltd
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"