{"product_id":"snake-men-rebels-reptiles-and-the-race-to-name-the-creatures-of-earth","title":"Snake Men: Rebels, Reptiles, and the Race to Name the Creatures of Earth","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSlithering through the murky spaces between history and mythology . . . Zach St. George's meticulously researched book amounts to detective work, as he uncovers a whole cast of snake maniacs, including some who allegedly practice 'taxonomic vandalism, ' an outlandish kind of crime whose victim is our shared understanding. \n\u003cem\u003eSnake Men\u003c\/em\u003e is a madcap delight!--Bernd Brunner, author of Bears: A Brief History and Extreme North: A Cultural History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSnake Men\u003c\/em\u003e traces a sinuous route through dangerous and utterly engrossing territory. The indelible obsessions of Raymond Hoser, the snake in the taxonomic garden, occupy the book, but they're wrapped around a core story about the names of living things. Zach St. George shows us, in sparkling prose, how these language matters have shaped the ways we talk, think, argue, agree, and disagree about the natural world in all its glorious and messy contours.--Daniel Lewis, Huntington Library, author of Twelve Trees\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaymond Hoser is known as the Snakeman, a moniker he has zealously defended. As a day job, Hoser runs a business in Melbourne that offers several services. One service is snake removal, a common trade in Australia. Another is snake shows, most often performed at children's birthday parties. But by the 2010s, Hoser had become famous around the world for an entirely different activity: his work as a taxonomist, a namer of new species. In a decade-long spree, Hoser had named thousands of new creatures, including more snakes than any other scientist. To some, Hoser's accomplishments were a scientific triumph. But others have accused Hoser of what they call \"taxonomic vandalism,\" the results of which, they argue, could alter the very course of life on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eSnake Men\u003c\/em\u003e recounts this outrageous and humorous story, tracing the surprising intersection between taxonomists, the sober and serious class of scientists who have for centuries cooperated in a global effort to understand the order of life, and Raymond Hoser and other snake men. The results--chaotic, mischievous, the stuff of legends--hint at the rebellious impulse that lies coiled somewhere deep inside us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/04\/2026 (EAN 9781324021681, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2026 (EAN 9781324021681, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eSt George, Zach\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eZach St. George\u003c\/strong\u003e is a science journalist and author of \n\u003cem\u003eThe Journeys of Trees\u003c\/em\u003e. His writing has been published in \n\u003cem\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/em\u003e, the \n\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \n\u003cem\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, the \n\u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \n\u003cem\u003eOutside\u003c\/em\u003e, \n\u003cem\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/em\u003e, \n\u003cem\u003eScientific American\u003c\/em\u003e, and more. He lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496101871894,"sku":"9781324021681","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781324021681.jpg?v=1783053190","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/snake-men-rebels-reptiles-and-the-race-to-name-the-creatures-of-earth","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}