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Resurrecting our ghosts: Helen Pilcher’s Bring Back the King

Posted on 23 Jan, 2017 by Stephanie Bucklin

On September 7, 1936, at the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania, a wolf-like creature named Benjamin paced up and down in his cage. As night fell, temperatures grew cooler. The keepers, underpaid and struggling themselves, had forgotten to open the … Continue reading →

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