{"product_id":"the-resurrectionist-the-lost-work-of-dr-spencer-black-9781594746161","title":"The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black","description":"Philadelphia, the late 1870s. A city of gas lamps, cobblestone streets, and horse-drawn carriages--and home to the controversial surgeon Dr. Spencer Black. The son of a grave robber, young Dr. Black studies at Philadelphia's esteemed Academy of Medicine, where he develops an unconventional hypothesis: What if the world's most celebrated mythological beasts--mermaids, minotaurs, and satyrs--were in fact the evolutionary ancestors of humankind? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Resurrectionist \u003c\/i\u003eoffers two extraordinary books in one. The first is a fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black, from a childhood spent exhuming corpses through his medical training, his travels with carnivals, and the mysterious disappearance at the end of his life. The second book is Black's magnum opus: \u003ci\u003eThe Codex Extinct Animalia\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eGray's Anatomy \u003c\/i\u003efor mythological beasts--dragons, centaurs, Pegasus, Cerberus--all rendered in meticulously detailed anatomical illustrations. You need only look at these images to realize they are the work of a madman. \u003ci\u003eThe Resurrectionist\u003c\/i\u003e tells his story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quirk Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594746161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.60h x 7.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"E. B. Hudspeth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661110866076,"sku":"9781594746161","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_296dd388-ba8a-4733-a000-481ab81dd7f0.jpg?v=1603898650","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-resurrectionist-the-lost-work-of-dr-spencer-black-9781594746161","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}