Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970.

The most wonderful animals that never were / Joseph Wood Krutch ; illustrated by Pauline Baynes - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1969 - 187 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Relates the legends of nonexistent animals like the unicorn and phoenix as well as how folklore arose about real animals such as the crocodile, salamander, ostrich and others.


Animals--Folklore