Bruce Thomas Boehrer: 2 books
Animal Characters
Nonhuman Beings in Early Modern Literature
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
During the Renaissance, horses—long considered the privileged, even sentient companions of knights-errant—gradually lost their special place on the field of battle and, with it, their distinctive status in the world of chivalric heroism. Parrots, once the miraculous, articulate companions of popes...
Parrot Culture
Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination with the World's Most Talkative Bird
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
After completing his conquest of the Persian empire, Alexander the Great maneuvered his army across the Hindu Kush and into India. During his two years there, he traveled from dry frigid mountains to humid tropical lowlands and then back across one of the most punishing deserts on the planet. He fought...