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Forest and Jungle or Thrilling Adventures in All Quarters of the Globe

An illustrated history of the animal kingdom, written in easy and instructive form for boys and girls

by Phineas Taylor Barnum

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: FictionPrimary source

Originally published in 1888 under the author's name, with title: The wild beasts, birds and reptiles of the world 31

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Legends”. Retained metadata contains “Legends” in the subject metadata.

    • Legends· via Internet Archive
    • Legends· via Open Library
    • Legends· in subject
  • Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Animism”.

    • Animism· via Open Library

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Editions

Open Library reports 4 editions; 1 cataloged here.

An illustrated history of the animal kingdom, written in easy and instructive form for boys and girls

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1896-01-01T00:00:00ZChicago ; New York : The Werner CompanyEnglishPublic digitized item

Subjects

3 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Kelly - University of Toronto
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: ias9
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL891638W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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