The sort of mongraph I treasure and seek out, a work that draws together around a totem animal centuries of relevant lore, a richness of iconographic treatments and the best natural history and natural science available to a lay researcher and engaged author-David Scofield Wilson "H-Net Reviews" ( 12:00:00 AM) There are strong themes in the way different cultures have thought about crows (and ravens).- "Independent" ( 12:00:00 AM) "Sax's book roams divertingly over the scientific and cultural history of the 'corvid' family, which includes the carrion crow, the raven, the rook, and the jackdaw, tracing ambivalent responses to the mischievous birds."- "Guardian"īoria Sax's Crow takes a broadly chronological approach, with an intriguing digression on scarecrows. "In this vivid and enjoyable meditation on crows in art, literature, and history, Sax gives the genus Corvus the enthusiastic treatment it deserves."- "Publishers Weekly"
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