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    How the Rhino Lost its Horn & Other Just So Songs
    How the Rhino Lost its Horn & Other Just So Songs
    How the Rhino Lost its Horn & Other Just So Songs
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    How the Rhino Lost its Horn & Other Just So Songs

    By Jan Laurens Siesling

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    In the disguise of innocent and traditional looking rhymed little stories, the poems tell in quasi childish tone about the cruel world of trafficking, poaching and other fatal abuse of animals, where elephants and pangolins, bears and tigers are threatened with extinction. The unhopeful mood is expressed with sad irony and sometimes black humor,

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJan Laurens Siesling
    Release dateOct 31, 2019
    ISBN9781087831640
    How the Rhino Lost its Horn & Other Just So Songs
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    Jan Laurens Siesling

    Poet, Novelist, Translator and Art Historian

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