The Encyclopedia of Preserved People: Pickled, Frozen, and Mummified Corpses from Around the World

by Natalie Jane Prior

Preserved people can tell us things that skeletons can't-hairstyles and tattoos can tell us what people looked like, full stomachs can tell us what thev ate, and autopsies can reveal what diseases they suffered.

With sections on Egyptian mummies, bog bodies, Einstein's brain, and the Ice Man, The Encyclopedia of Preserved People provides a fascinating look at those men, women, and children whose bodies have been preserved until the present day. It proves that history is not about dull dates, but about people who laughed, cried, ate, and worked, just like us-yet who were also incredibly different. It includes an index and a bibliography and is illustrated by over 30 full-color photographs.


From the Hardcover Library Binding edition.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Science

64 pages, Hardcover

First published March 11, 2003

About the author

Prior was born in 1963 in Brisbane, Australia, where she also currently lives with her husband and daughter. Her first fiction book, 'The Amazing Adventures of Amabel', was published in 1990 and her internationally successful children's fantasy series, 'Lily Quench', has been published in more than twenty countries. Prior's work has been a finalist at the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards as well as being honoured and named as notable. Her work, 'Fireworks and Darkness', won the 2003 Davitt Awards for best young-adult novel and her work, 'Lily Quench and the Lighthouse of Skellig Mor' won the 2003 Aurealis Award for best children's short fiction. She has also been nominated for an Aurealis Award on three other occasions for best short fiction, long fiction and young-adult novel.

Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting. Could have been a dry read, given the topic & title. A nice introduction to the preservation of the dead around the world.

[Briony · Rating 4 out of 5]

I absolutely love the title of this book. How can you someone not love the word pickled especially when referring to bodies?!?!

This was a well written and informative read for children. There are pictures but nothing too gruesome to freak parents out. I believe the pictures will definitely hold and keep a young reader’s attention if not expand their interest in the subject especially since the book touches on almost all the continents of the world.

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just FYI: this is a kid's book.

[Carolyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book if you're interested in this sort of thing. Grossed out some of my family members.