Kingdom Under Glass : A Tale of Obsession, Adventure, and One Man's Quest to Preserve the World's Great Animals

from Daumari

Taxidermy, especially at the museum level fascinates me as a merger of science and art. Carl Akeley is considered to be the father of modern taxidermy, and this book follows his life from boyhood to dying on his last trip to Africa. Jay Kirk takes some liberties depicting scenes using words peopl...

from ElizabethChapman

Kingdom Under Glass is an "historical narrative" of the life of Carl Akeley, the explorer and naturalist responsible for the American Museum of Natural History's Hall of African Mammals, who was (arguably) the world's most brilliant taxidermist. Akeley's life seems too astonishing to be true, a p...

from Readermom68

I enjoyed this book, but I don't really think you can call it a 'true story'. The authors takes the liberty of filling in gaps with what he supposes might have occured; what he believes, based on his research, most likely was felt or said, etc. For me, when the author conveys the facts he has unc...

from fyrefly98

Summary: Carl Akeley is the founder of modern taxidermy, and is responsible for the famous African Hall in the American Museum of Natural History. Akeley lived and worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a time when African hunting safaris were still popular, but the realization was gro...

from LibraryCin

3.5 stars Carl Akeley (1864-1926) was a famous taxidermist, most notable for setting up dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History. He spent much time in Africa with this two successive wives, on hunting safaris, looking for the perfect specimens for scientific posterity. I had a bit of a...