257: Stuffed - Taxidermy in the History of America
The holidays are upon us and we're more than a little obsessed with
stuffing - just not the kind you eat. On this episode of BackStory,
Brian, Ed and Nathan find out about the father of American natural
history dioramas, talk to a man with a condor in his
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The holidays are upon us and we're more than a little obsessed
with stuffing - just not the kind you eat. On this episode of
BackStory, Brian, Ed and Nathan find out about the father of
American natural history dioramas, talk to a man with a condor in
his freezer, discover how a mischievous raven connects Edgar
Allan Poe to Charles Dickens and unravel the extraordinary story
of the man who proposed stuffing the Founding Fathers.
Image: "In the workroom," photograph shows occupational portrait
of taxidermist Martha A. Maxwell with animal specimens, palette,
and rifle. Oct. 27, 1876 Source: Library of Congress
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