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title: "Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy – A Journalist Reveals the Paradoxical Art and Passionate Subculture of Preserving Life"
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# Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy – A Journalist Reveals the Paradoxical Art and Passionate Subculture of Preserving Life

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- **What is this?** Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy – A Journalist Reveals the Paradoxical Art and Passionate Subculture of Preserving Life by melissa milgrom
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## Customer Reviews

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    Feral Fanatics
  

*by F***E on Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2013*

Much like Ms. Milgrom, taxidermy is a profession in which I had mixed feelings. I find it both fascinating and repulsive. The level of detail and focus an individual must have to recreate a realistic animal is not only a highly technical skill but many taxidermists rise to the level of creating exceptional art. Surprisingly, the people who are committed to this unique discipline rarely make even a decent living nor do they receive, outside of other taxidermists, the respect their profession so richly deserves.My knowledge in this area was nonexistent. The author opened up an extremely interesting world. Ms. Milgrom's investigation covers such areas as a third-generation taxidermy shop in New Jersey; a taxidermist competition/trade show; an interesting history of the movers-and-shakers in the field; the American Museum of Natural History; the comparison between American and European attitudes about it; an eccentric English taxidermist named Emily Mayer; the auction of the odd Mr. Potter's Museum of Curiosities; and finally the author gets her own hands dirty by recreating a grey squirrel which she submits into a national competition. The book is peppered with oodles of interesting trivia.Ms. Milgrom does a fine job describing taxidermy and taxidermists in their various manifestations. Their mindsets and work ethics are very different than I had envisioned. Her wonderful writing is highly informative, introspective as well as sprinkled with occasional humor. If you even have a modicum of interest in taxidermy, I highly recommend you pick up a copy of Ms. Milgrom's work.

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    More Than Skin Deep
  

*by J***E on Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2010*

Melissa Milgrom did a fantastic review of taxidermy from a lay persons perspective. Those of us familiar with this art form know it requires attention to detail that makes one be a student of anatomy as well as a naturalist. As a hunter and conservationist I love being able to preserve the memories of the hunt. Paleolithic hunters painted animals on the cave walls....modern hunters have sculpted animals to remind them of atavistic tendencies that are worth revisiting and reliving....its part of who we are and where we came from.As a young boy my parents brought me to the Chicago Field Museum and I was mesmerized by the dioramas. Each one was an adventure that fueled my imagination. It is still one of my most vivid childhood memories. Some of my friends collected baseball cards....I collected skins and skulls. I think Melissa Milgrom touched upon this experience and followed it through with some world class artisans that keep the memories alive....I only wish there were photos of the mounts including her squirrel. Well worth the read....heads off to Melissa. Joe Grote

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    An engrossing atmosphere for aware naturalists
  

*by G***A on Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2010*

Still Life by Melissa Milgrom is a book for discriminating palates, for those persons that can appreciate not only factual information but can also pick up the messages between the lines; those messages that bring back personal memories and open new windows on the multifarious world of human culture. Perhaps, few other sectors of natural history can , as does taxidermy, display both the professional and the personal profile of the persons involved. Melissa Milgrom takes the reader by the hand and leads him along a path touching the phases of exploration, collecting and preparation, embedded in an aesthetic dimension which gives taxidermists an unique position in the variegate world of naturalists. The personalities of the outstanding American taxidermists depicted in the book are all characterized by a strong tension toward disclosing the aesthetics of natural objects and their environment, a motivation often subliminally present in many persons that left a mark in the history of Natural History. A book, this of Melissa Milgrom, that deserve the attention and the gratitude of all those aware of the necessity of opposing the increasing fading of naturalistic culture.Gian Carlo CarradaFull Professor of EcologyUniversity of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

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