Bibliograph

River of teeth, Sarah Gailey

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River of teeth, Sarah Gailey

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

River of teeth

Medium

electronic resource

Responsibility statement

Sarah Gailey

Series statement

River of Teeth, bk. 1

Summary

In the early twentieth century, the United States government concocted a plan to import hippopotamuses into the marshlands of Louisiana to be bred and slaughtered as an alternative meat source. This is true. Other true things about hippos: they are savage, they are fast, and their jaws can snap a man in two. This was a terrible plan. Contained within this volume is an 1890s America that might have been: a bayou overrun by feral hippos and mercenary hippo wranglers from around the globe. It is the story of Winslow Houndstooth and his crew. It is the story of their fortunes. It is the story of his revenge

Target audience

adult

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not applicable

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