{"product_id":"9781594746161","title":"The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black","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\u003eoffers 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\u003efor 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 Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046751650032,"sku":"9781594746161","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781594746161_p0.jpg?v=1763811333","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781594746161","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}