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Title: Lore of the Unicorn Myths and Legends by Odell Shepard ISBN: 1-85958-489-6 Publisher: Senate Pub. Date: 01 January, 1930 Format: Paperback

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: A fantastic (literally) piece of amazing erudition
Comment: Think the title of my review sounds a bit lofty? Wait till you read this book. It is absolutely amazing, the degree to which Sheperd's reading has gone-- an inexhaustible source list in at least ten different languages spanning centuries, all in an attempt to document the myth of the unicorn. Fuzzy fantasy novel fans beware, this is not a book up your alley! And if you aren't really interested in medieval thought and language, it's not up your alley either. However, if cultural studies, intellectual history and comparative mythology strike your fancy, read on.

I give this book my heartiest recommendation. It is 73 years old and represents a very well-read man's excursion into whimsy-- dabbling in an interest, a break from the scholarly routine, ascribe whatever motive you want-- but I promise that it is deeply absorbing, enlightening and marvelously arcane.