Spectacle : the astonishing life of Ota Benga / Pamela Newkirk.

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    • Publication Information:
      First edition.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: "Describes the cruelty and prevalent racial prejudice in early-twentieth-century America that resulted in a Congolese man being featured in an exhibit in the 1904 World's Fair and then displayed in the Monkey House of a New York zoo, "--Amazon.com.
    • Content Notes:
      Part I. Caged. Gardens of wonder ; The Bronx Zoo monkey house ; Crimes of the Congo ; Hornaday's folly ; Benga's brigade ; Fighting City Hall ; Benga speaks ; Backlash ; Nature's fury ; Deliverance -- Part II. Captured. Samuel Phillips Verner ; Luebo Mission ; Kondola, Kassongo, and Verner's African treasures ; The hunt ; Verner's prey ; The St. Louis World's Fair ; Congo field notes ; Leopold's lobby ; Benga's choice ; A museum most unnatural ; Fondless farewell -- Part III. Free. Weeksville refuge ; St. James ; Southern comfort ; Home ; Free ; Homegoing.
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297).
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    • Other Titles:
      Life of Ota Benga.
    • ISBN:
      9780062201003 (hardcover)
      006220100X (hardcover)
    • Accession Number:
      2015487284
    • Accession Number:
      890435450
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.988859