{"product_id":"the-resurrectionist-9781594746161b","title":"The Resurrectionist","description":"Philadelphia, the late 1870s. A city of gas lamps, cobblestone streets, and horse-drawn carriages--and home to the controversial surgeon Dr. Spencer Black. The son of a grave robber, young Dr. Black studies at Philadelphia's esteemed Academy of Medicine, where he develops an unconventional hypothesis: What if the world's most celebrated mythological beasts--mermaids, minotaurs, and satyrs--were in fact the evolutionary ancestors of humankind?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Resurrectionist\u003c\/i\u003e offers two extraordinary books in one. The first is a fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black, from a childhood spent exhuming corpses through his medical training, his travels with carnivals, and the mysterious disappearance at the end of his life. The second book is Black's magnum opus: \u003ci\u003eThe Codex Extinct Animalia\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eGray's Anatomy\u003c\/i\u003e for mythological beasts--dragons, centaurs, Pegasus, Cerberus--all rendered in meticulously detailed anatomical illustrations. You need only look at these images to realize they are the work of a madman. \u003ci\u003eThe Resurrectionist\u003c\/i\u003e tells his story.","brand":"Quirk Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817316094032,"sku":"9781594746161B","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781594746161-l.jpg?v=1785864522","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-resurrectionist-9781594746161b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}