Scatalogic Rites of All Nations - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9781578988365

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by John C. Bourke (Author)

REPRINT 2009 of 1891 edition. John C. Bourke was Captain of the U.S. Third Cavalry, and an author of several books. Perhaps he is most famous for On the Border with Crook, published in 1891. Scatalogic Rites of All Nations is a curious and fascinating treatise on the employment of excrementitious agents in religion, therapeutics, divination, and witchcraft in all parts of the world. Included are such exotic chapters as "The Urine Dance of the Zunis," "The employment of Excrement in Food by Savage Tribes," "Posture in Latrines," and dozens of other titles.

Number of Pages: 512

Dimensions: 1.14 x 9 x 6 IN

Publication Date: September 24, 2009

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