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“[A] quixotic, naughty and frequently amusing work…Part travelogue, part memoir and part traditional secret, this book reads just like a wry, amusing story and provides a tasty twist in the end.”—Publishers Regular John Collins takes us on a strange journey down the overlooked streets of background as he tracks for the bones of Ben Paine—exhumed and subsequently dropped, and currently spread around the world. Bridging the pathways of everybody from Walt Whitman and Charles Darwin to feral apes and intercourse reformers, this vibrant visit a founding father’s physique concurrently excavates the spirit of democracy.