The Resource The Ravenmaster : my life with the ravens at the Tower of London, Ravenmaster Christopher Skaife, Yeoman Warder of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, the Tower of London
The Ravenmaster : my life with the ravens at the Tower of London, Ravenmaster Christopher Skaife, Yeoman Warder of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, the Tower of London
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The item The Ravenmaster : my life with the ravens at the Tower of London, Ravenmaster Christopher Skaife, Yeoman Warder of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, the Tower of London represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
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- Summary
- "A narrative by the Tower of London's official Ravenmaster about what it's like to live among the ravens at England's most famous national monument, woven together with insight from folklore, history, and contemporary behavioral science about this unusual bird"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 241 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Note
-
- Maps on endpapers
- Includes bibliographic references
- Contents
-
- Silhouette
- Ravenmaster
- The rules
- Roll call
- Bird life
- Tower Green
- Biscuits and blood
- The menagerie
- Black birds
- The raven spreads his wings
- The great escape
- Resistance to interrogation
- Citizens of the world
- Double hatting
- The story
- Application
- Speaking in Ravenish
- Bird brains
- Ravenology
- The legend of the ravens at the Tower
- Blood swept lands and seas of red
- My mistress' eyes are raven black
- Birds and books
- Death and the raven
- The ghosts of my life
- And so to bed
- Great traditions
- Sentinels of the White Tor
- Rising above
- Isbn
- 9780374113346
- Label
- The Ravenmaster : my life with the ravens at the Tower of London
- Title
- The Ravenmaster
- Title remainder
- my life with the ravens at the Tower of London
- Statement of responsibility
- Ravenmaster Christopher Skaife, Yeoman Warder of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, the Tower of London
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A narrative by the Tower of London's official Ravenmaster about what it's like to live among the ravens at England's most famous national monument, woven together with insight from folklore, history, and contemporary behavioral science about this unusual bird"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Skaife, Christopher
- Dewey number
-
- 942.1/5
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DA687.T7
- LC item number
- S595 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Skaife, Christopher
- Yeomen Warders
- Tower of London (London, England)
- Ravens
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The Ravenmaster : my life with the ravens at the Tower of London, Ravenmaster Christopher Skaife, Yeoman Warder of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, the Tower of London
- Note
-
- Maps on endpapers
- Includes bibliographic references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Silhouette -- Ravenmaster -- The rules -- Roll call -- Bird life -- Tower Green -- Biscuits and blood -- The menagerie -- Black birds -- The raven spreads his wings -- The great escape -- Resistance to interrogation -- Citizens of the world -- Double hatting -- The story -- Application -- Speaking in Ravenish -- Bird brains -- Ravenology -- The legend of the ravens at the Tower -- Blood swept lands and seas of red -- My mistress' eyes are raven black -- Birds and books -- Death and the raven -- The ghosts of my life -- And so to bed -- Great traditions -- Sentinels of the White Tor -- Rising above
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 241 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374113346
- Lccn
- 2018016402
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- 1220944
- (OCoLC)on1045644089
- 1423623
- 1442737
- 1442737
- Label
- The Ravenmaster : my life with the ravens at the Tower of London, Ravenmaster Christopher Skaife, Yeoman Warder of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, the Tower of London
- Note
-
- Maps on endpapers
- Includes bibliographic references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Silhouette -- Ravenmaster -- The rules -- Roll call -- Bird life -- Tower Green -- Biscuits and blood -- The menagerie -- Black birds -- The raven spreads his wings -- The great escape -- Resistance to interrogation -- Citizens of the world -- Double hatting -- The story -- Application -- Speaking in Ravenish -- Bird brains -- Ravenology -- The legend of the ravens at the Tower -- Blood swept lands and seas of red -- My mistress' eyes are raven black -- Birds and books -- Death and the raven -- The ghosts of my life -- And so to bed -- Great traditions -- Sentinels of the White Tor -- Rising above
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 241 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374113346
- Lccn
- 2018016402
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- 1220944
- (OCoLC)on1045644089
- 1423623
- 1442737
- 1442737
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