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Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals
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Author:
Bill Wasik, Monica Murphy
Publisher:
Knopf
Date:
April 23, 2024
A narrative about the transformation in American attitudes toward animals, particularly after the Civil War.
What The Reviewers Say
This well-researched book is an enlightening if somewhat rambling survey of how our treatment of animals has changed over the past century and a half..
A revelatory, beautifully crafted account.
Our Kindred Creatures, a superb blend of science, cultural history and essayistic grace, returns us to a time when advocacy for animals became a moral imperative. As Mr. Wasik and Ms. Murphy remind us in their poignant conclusion, we are still indebted to the work of reformers like Henry Bergh..
Powerful.
