The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black
Author(s): E. B. Hudspeth
Philadelphia. The late 1870s. A city of cobblestone sidewalks and horse-drawn carriages. Home to the famous anatomist and surgeon Dr. Spencer Black. The son of a "resurrectionist" (aka grave robber), Dr. Black studied at Philadelphia's esteemed Academy of Medicine, where he develops an unconventional hypothesis: What if the world's most celebrated mythological beasts - mermaids, minotaurs, and satyrs - were in fact the evolutionary ancestors of humankind? "The Resurrectionist" offers two extraordinary books in one. The first is a fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black, from his humble beginnings to the mysterious disappearance at the end of his life. The second book is Black's magnum opus: "The Codex Extinct Animalia, a Gray's Anatomy" for mythological beasts - dragons, centaurs, Pegasus, Cerberus - all rendered in meticulously detailed black-and-white anatomical illustrations. You need only look at these images to realize they are the work of a madman. "The Resurrectionist" tells his story.
General Information
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- : Quirk Books
- : Quirk Books
- : 0.816
- : 01 August 2013
- : 267mm X 191mm X 25mm
- : 01 August 2013
- : books
Other Specifications
- : E. B. Hudspeth
- : Hardback
- : English
- : 813.6
- : 192
- : FV
- : Detailed Pencil Drawings Throughout
- : Detailed Pencil Drawings Throughout
More About The Product
E. B. HUDSPETH is an artist and author living in New Jersey. This is his first book.