The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary: A Curious Fable of the Cotton Plant; To Which Is Added a Sketch of the History of Cotton and the Cotton Trade, a classical book,

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In his new collection of essays, Jan Bondeson tells ten fascinating stories of myths and hoaxes, beliefs and Ripley-like facts, concerning the animal kingdom. T

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