The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing by Rachel Poliquin
“Taxidermy has been a particular fascination of mine ever since I was a small child. My family’s favorite pizza parlor was covered with nature’s lifeless bounty, as was Marsh’s Free Museum in Long Beach, Washington, where we had a beach house. With Jake the Alligator Man as a close personal friend, it is no wonder …