Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer by Matthew Gavin Frank

Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer

Matthew Gavin Frank

320 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays history science reflective slow-paced

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"Charmingly eccentric and utterly unforgettable...with hand on heart I can truly say that I also loved every word of it.”—Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded Moses Harvey was the eccent...

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