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The Mermaid Handbook: An Alluring Treasury of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects by Carolyn Turgeon
4.0
This is an amazingly gorgeous book: lovely cover design, pretty endpapers and frontispiece, gilt edging. Wherever you open the book, there's an interesting picture or painting. I think she found every painting ever made of mermaids!
I got this book because it was reviewed somewhere and there was a craft thing I wanted to make. I couldn't find it, but I did find a couple of other pretty things I can make. These crafty things are scattered throughout the book in the relevant sections.
I did read bits of it (the first mermaid entertainer and the woman who makes fake mermaids tails for performers) and it was fascinating.
It's divided into 4 parts:
Fashion and Beaty
Arts and Culture
Real Mermaids and Where to Find Them
Food, Entertaining, and Stories of the Sea.
I got this book because it was reviewed somewhere and there was a craft thing I wanted to make. I couldn't find it, but I did find a couple of other pretty things I can make. These crafty things are scattered throughout the book in the relevant sections.
I did read bits of it (the first mermaid entertainer and the woman who makes fake mermaids tails for performers) and it was fascinating.
It's divided into 4 parts:
Fashion and Beaty
Arts and Culture
Real Mermaids and Where to Find Them
Food, Entertaining, and Stories of the Sea.