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Spectacle : the astonishing life of Ota Benga / Pamela Newkirk.

Full title: Spectacle : the astonishing life of Ota Benga / Pamela Newkirk.

Author/creator: Newkirk, Pamela.

Call Numbers: G 2015/3656

Record Identifier: 74VKRdaoAGdl

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: xvi, 297 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm., , , , Author's note -- Preface -- Part I. Caged. Gardens of wonder ; The Bronx Zoo monkey house ; Crimes of the Congo ; Hornaday's folly ; Benga's brigade ; Fighting City Hall ; Benga speaks ; Backlash ; Nature's fury ; Deliverance -- Part II. Captured. Samuel Phillips Verner ; Luebo Mission ; Kondola, Kassongo, and Verner's African treasures ; The hunt ; Verner's prey ; The St. Louis World's Fair ; Congo field notes ; Leopold's lobby ; Benga's choice ; A museum most unnatural ; Fondless farewell -- Part III. Free. Weeksville refuge ; St. James ; Southern comfort ; Home ; Free ; Homegoing -- Epilogue.

Publishers: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297).

Permalink: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRdaoAGdl

DDC: 967.5102092

MMS ID: 991023042809702626

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    Spectacle : the astonishing life of Ota Benga / Pamela Newkirk.

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    Newkirk, Pamela, author.

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    New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]

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    Benga, Ota Pygmies--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Biography Pygmies--United States--Biography Pygmies--Crimes against--Congo (Democratic Republic) Human zoos--United States--History--20th century United States--Social life and customs--20th century Biographies

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