Signature Books
9781861893963 £9.99 Reaktion Books PB Publ 19th Nov
Kevin Jackson's Moose describes and discusses moose evolution, diet, behaviour and environment, as well as every major aspect of the interactions between man and moose, from Julius Caesar's first mention of 'alecs' in his history of the Gallic Wars to the planned construction of a 45-metre-high wooden moose in Sweden. The book also includes much colourful moose lore, such as the belief that moose hoof could cure epilepsy; an explanation of why Roosevelt called his breakaway political movement the Bull Moose Party, a fascinating digression on the Enlightenment controversy over moose and the Irish Elk; and why the moose is really an elk, and the elk is really a wapiti.
Containg many illustrations of moose from nature and culture, and full of little-known-fact and anecdote about this familiar and much-loved animal, Moose will appeal to cultural historians, literati, moose lovers, naturalists, zoologists and eccentrics everywhere.