'There is no category of bear whose story makes for more depressing reading, and whose miserable existence heaps more shame on humanity than that which follows...'
Taking in these bears in chains, the circus bears of Bristol, the Victorian sewer bears and the spirit bears of the early years, among others, Mick Jackson's strange beast of a book explores some little known chapters in England's past. Mixing folk tale with fantasy, and history with myth, the narrative that unfolds is dark, playful and filled with magical moments, as it marches ever forward towards a strange convergence.
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Bears of England
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Publisher
Faber & FabereBook ISBN
9780571306602
Year
2014Table of contents
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- 1: Spirit Bears
- 2: Sin-Eating Bears
- 3: Bears in Chains
- 4: Circus Bears
- 5: Sewer Bears
- 6: Civilian Bears
- 7: Bears by Night
- 8: The Great Bear
- Author biography
- Copyright