{"product_id":"book-wsco","title":"Palace of Deception","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 1908 to 1933, the American Museum of Natural History launched more scientific field expeditions than at any other time in its existence. Sponsoring lavish trips to Africa and Central Asia, the museum filled its halls with artifacts and an aura of adventure, supported by some of New York City's most prominent men. All the while, the museum's then president, Henry Fairfield Osborn, attempted to use his adventurers' expeditions to fulfill a personal agenda: to propagate his belief in racial hierarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePalace of Deception\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the complicated legacy of three iconic figures of the American Museum: the preeminent explorer Roy Chapman Andrews; Carl Akeley, the pioneering taxidermist; and Osborn, the museum's president. Darrin Lunde tells the story of the American's Museum foundational years. Lunde also shows how the achievements of the museum's adventurers were used to introduce residents of New York to a version of the natural world endorsed by the museum's leader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePalace of Deception\u003c\/i\u003e recreates some of the most celebrated, globe-trotting journeys from natural history's heyday. It also traces the larger, racially infused milieu that underwrote the golden age of exploration, uncovering the simmering anxieties about race behind the era's greatest adventures. It is a legacy that still haunts natural history institutions today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50421541372208,"sku":"BDwsco","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50421541404976,"sku":"ZEwsco","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":50421541437744,"sku":"ZMwsco","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/wsco-Square-cover.jpg?v=1770144612","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-wsco","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}