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Title: The Lore of the Unicorn by Odell Shepard ISBN: 0-486-27803-4 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 27 October, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Always a Classic
Comment: I recieved my first copy when it first came out! It was one of my first unicorn books, and i was just a kid. I loved it, it got me into history, mythology and helped me understand a lot about the unicorn in general.
this book is a great reference for unicorn mythology, lore, pictoral reference and anything else you can use it for. I have actually used it in my own artwork , i have done illustrations of all the unicorns in the book, as a kid i had made it a goal, the unicorn, monoceras, kirrin, abath, re'em and everything in between. it was actually a book that got me to get up and do something. it got me to study that mythical beast that is always in my dreams and near me in some way...
from the mythology of the unicorn's creation, to Jesus, to Satan to whatever else this creature has pranced though
You can tell so much how dedicated this author was, i have even found references in fiction and fantasy books about this author and his wonderful book (Unicorn Mountain). this book is a must-have, must-read book for anyone who likes unicorns. It is always in the bibliography section of unicorn books, and it itself has a great bibliography, which i love so that i can get those books!!
i recommend this book above all others if you like the rich history of the elusive and magnificent Unicorn!
Rating: 5
Summary: First Rate
Comment: If you have any experience with Dover publications, you'll know to expect something terrific. You won't be mistaken. Odell Shepard presents a work of such thorough, painstaking scholarship, it should be held up as a model for what scholarship ought to be. In fact, you get a pretty good sense of the history of scholarliness itself, reading this. If you find yourself sort of hypnotized by the excitement of looking over the shoulders of centuries worth of savants, I recommend you also read anything by Anthony Grafton, who writes about issues in the history of Renaissance scholarship. Another thing -- what a beautiful writing style this Odell Shepard possesses. His prose is characterized by an exacting usage of language (languages, I should say, because he apparently has a fluency with Latin, Greek, French, Italian, and probably other languages as well), and also by a taste for baroque, nineteenth century sentence structure. Really beautiful stuff. He loves his subject, and he loves the way it has been handed down through the ages. Two thumbs up.
Rating: 5
Summary: Absolutely Superb!
Comment: I've been looking for a while for an all-encompassing, in-depth text on the historical significance and study of the unicorn. This book is it. It is filled to the brim with hundreds and hundreds of facts, accounts, testimonials, examinations and analyses of the unicorn throughout history. I was deeply disappointed in reading Roy Wilkinson's sappy "Are You A Unicorn?" This book compensates extensively where other books about the unicorn have failed. Especially interesting are juxtaposed conjectures and certainties of the unicorn. Wonderfully written and thoroughly researched, this is the truest guide to the Unicorn if ever there was one.
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Title: Dragons and Unicorns : A Natural History by Paul Johnsgard, Karin Johnsgard ISBN: 0312084994 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Treasures of the Unicorn: The Return to the Sacred Quest (The Return to the Sacred Quest) by Ted Andrews, Pagan Alexander, Pat Hart ISBN: 1888767251 Publisher: Dragonhawk Publishing Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Unicorn by Lise Gotfredsen ISBN: 0789205955 Publisher: Abbeville Press, Inc. Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: A Glory of Unicorns by Bruce Coville, Alix Berenzy ISBN: 043906628X Publisher: Apple Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth by Carol Rose ISBN: 0393322114 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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