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Dark Banquet is an exhilarating, informative, and wildly funny exploration of nature's bloodfeeders. From vampire bats, to bed bugs, leeches, and ticks - they're all here and Bill Schutt is just the man to tell us about them. Additionally, there's a fascinating chapter on blood (and how very little we actually knew about it until the 20th century). We learn, for example, that George Washington was bled to death by his well-meaning doctors (who drained him of 80 ounces of blood while treating his sore throat). All of this (sometimes gory) material is presented in a highly entertaining manner. What an enjoyable ride!
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Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures by Bill Schutt
R J MacCready, November 29, 2008
Dark Banquet is an exhilarating, informative, and wildly funny exploration of nature's bloodfeeders. From vampire bats, to bed bugs, leeches, and ticks - they're all here and Bill Schutt is just the man to tell us about them. Additionally, there's a fascinating chapter on blood (and how very little we actually knew about it until the 20th century). We learn, for example, that George Washington was bled to death by his well-meaning doctors (who drained him of 80 ounces of blood while treating his sore throat). All of this (sometimes gory) material is presented in a highly entertaining manner. What an enjoyable ride!(5 of 6 readers found this comment helpful)