The Longest Story: How humans have loved, hated and misunderstoo

The Longest StoryHow humans have loved, hated and misunderstood other species\nAuthor(s): Richard Girling\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oneworld Publications, United Kingdom\nImprint: Oneworld Publications\nISBN-13: 9780861540563, 978-0861540563\nSynopsis\nLucid, informed and persuasiveEvening Standard\n\nThought-provokingDaily Mail\n\nAn extraordinary book Nicholas Evans, author ofThe Horse Whisperer\n\nThe history of humanitys relationship with other species is baffling.\n\nWithout animals there would be no us. We are all fellow travellers on the same evolutionary journey. By charting the lovehate story of people and animals, from their first acquaintance in deep prehistory to the present and beyond, Richard Girling reveals how and where our attitudes towards animals began and how they have persisted, been warped and become magnified ever since.\n\nIn dazzling prose, The Longest Story tells of the cumulative influence of theologians, writers, artists, warriors, philosophers, farmen