Beastly London: A History of Animals in City (Hardcover)
Horse-drawn cabs rattling down muddy roads,cattle herded through the streets to the Smithfield meat market for slaughter,roosters crowing at the break of dawnLondon was once filled with a cacophony of animal noises (and smells). But over the last thirty years,the city seems to have banished animals from its streets. In Beastly London,Hannah Velten uses a wide range of primary sources to explore the complex and changing relationship between Londoners of all classes and their animal neighbors.