Book of the Spider: From Arachnophobia to the Love of Spiders

In the tradition of Sue Hubbell's Book of Bees, here is an engrossing and exploration of the spider in myth, history, and scientific fact. Paul Hillyard, a specialist on spiders at the Natural History Museum in London for 20 years, explores the intriguing legends surrounding spiders and offers a provocative examination of the lives of these beautiful, mystical, sometimes terrifying creatures.

• Author
• Paul Hillyard

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 218

• Publisher
• Random House USA Inc

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780679408819

• Genres
• animals, nature

• Release date
• 1999