{"_id":"695f5bf77b656793483d8d73","title":"The Chimæra","author":"Nathaniel Hawthorne","code":"the-chimaera","publish_year":1853,"publish_source":"A Wonder Book For Girls & Boys","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/AWonderBookForGirlsBoys/page/n223/mode/2up","words":9836,"image":"sword.jpg","image_alt":"A sword in the ground. graphite filter","genres":["adventure","fantasy","childrens"],"description":"Bellerophon searches for the fabled winged horse known as Pegasus to aid him in the destruction of the monstrous Chimaera.","blurb":"He was as wild, and as swift, and as buoyant, in his flight through the air, as any eagle that ever soared into the clouds. There was nothing else like him in the world. He had no mate; he never had been backed or bridled by a master; and, for many a long year, he led a solitary and a happy life.","unique_cover":"Bellerophon on the winged Pegasus piercing the snake-like Chimaera with a spear.","series":"Greek Legends","cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}