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001			on1259048016
003			OCoLC
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020			_a9781643139333 _qhardcover
020			_a1643139339 _qhardcover
020			_a9781639363834 (Softcover) : _c$18.95
020			_a1639363831 (Softcover) : _c$18.95
035			_a(OCoLC)1259048016
043			_an-us---
092			_a398.469 _bB816
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aBranch, Michael P., _eauthor. _9370427
245	1	0	_aOn the trail of the jackalope : _bhow a legend captured the world's imagination and helped us cure cancer / _cMichael P. Branch.
250			_aFirst Pegasus Books cloth edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bPegasus Books, Ltd., _c2022.
264		4	_c©2022
300			_axvii, 253 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (chiefly color) ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aAuthor's note: Down the rabbit hole -- Prologue: Nature's jackalopes -- As real as you want them to be -- Believing is seeing -- The classic hoax -- Mountain enthusiasm -- A mighty river of jackalopiana -- Necessary monsters -- The global jackalope -- Sr. Shope's warty rabbits -- Saved by jackalopes -- The jackalope maker.
520			_a"Just what is a jackalope? Purported to be part jackrabbit and part antelope, the jackalope began as a local joke concocted by two young brothers in a small Wyoming town during the Great Depression. Their creation quickly spread around the U.S., where it now regularly appears as innumerable forms of kitsch--wall mounts, postcards, keychains, coffee mugs, shot glasses, and so on. A vast body of folk narratives has carried the jackalope's fame around the world to inspire art, music, film, even erotica! Although the jackalope is an invention of the imagination, it is nevertheless connected to actual horned rabbits, which exist in nature and have for centuries been collected and studied by naturalists. Around the time the two young boys were creating the first jackalope in Wyoming, Dr. Richard Shope was making his first breakthrough about the cause of the horns: a virus. When the virus that causes rabbits to grow "horns" (a keratinous carcinoma) was first genetically sequenced in 1984, oncologists were able to use that genetic information to make remarkable, field-changing advances in the development of anti-viral cancer therapies. The most important of these is the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which protects against cervical and other cancers. Today, jackalopes are literally helping us cure cancer."--Publisher's website.
650		0	_aAnimals, Mythical _zUnited States.
650		0	_aCancer _xResearch. _9143829
650		0	_aCancer _xTreatment _xResearch. _9244923
650		0	_aViruses _xEvolution.
650		0	_aRabbits _xDiseases.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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