On the Trail of the Jackalope: How a Legend Captured the World's Imagination and Helped Us Cure Cancer

The never-before-told story of the horned rabbit-the myths, the hoaxes, the very real scientific breakthrough it inspired-and how it became a cultural touchstone of the American West.

Just what is a jackalope? Purported to be part jackrabbit and part antelope, the jackalope began as a local joke concocted by two young brothers in a small Wyoming town during the Great Depression. Their creation quickly spread around the U.S., where it now regularly appears as innumerable forms of kitsch-wall ...