{"id":223,"date":"2007-11-19T08:09:35","date_gmt":"2007-11-19T08:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alephnaught.wordpress.com\/?p=242"},"modified":"2007-11-19T08:09:35","modified_gmt":"2007-11-19T08:09:35","slug":"the-medici-giraffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2007\/11\/19\/the-medici-giraffe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Medici Giraffe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Title<\/span>: The Medici Giraffe<\/a><\/p>\n

Author<\/span>: Marina Belozerskaya<\/span><\/p>\n

Hardcover<\/span>: 432 pages<\/p>\n

Publisher<\/span>: Little, Brown and Company (August 21, 2006)<\/p>\n

Language<\/span>: English<\/p>\n

ISBN-10<\/span>: 0316525650<\/p>\n

ISBN-13<\/span>: 978-0316525657<\/p>\n

The title of this book is a misnomer – only one chapter out of 7 talks about the Medici Giraffe, which was a gift from an Egyptian ruler to get the Medici’s help with a conflict between Egypt and the Ottoman empire.<\/p>\n

This book is really about seven examples of the capture and display of exotic animals from history. It starts with Ptolemy Philadelphos’s search for elephants for his army and stops with William Randolph Hearst’s San Simeon ranch.<\/p>\n

Its a fun read but, because its a series of articles it comes off as a little disjoint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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