Commerce
Niagara Falls18—Some half-wit Barnum, amateur Noah,fashioned an arka—salvaged, broken barge—to populate with creatures trapped or bought:black bear, wolverine, a fox like a flame,peacocks, possum, hogs, raccoon, wailing tribeof forsaken dogs, weasel, skunk, even—according to eyewitness reports—sixs...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Anglophonia Caliban/Sigma
2024
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | Niagara Falls18—Some half-wit Barnum, amateur Noah,fashioned an arka—salvaged, broken barge—to populate with creatures trapped or bought:black bear, wolverine, a fox like a flame,peacocks, possum, hogs, raccoon, wailing tribeof forsaken dogs, weasel, skunk, even—according to eyewitness reports—sixsilver monkeys shipped by rail from New York,God’s mange-thumbed menagerie chained to planksthat would have floated three runaway slaveshad not abolitionists threatened court.Then Noah bid his besti... |
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