A life in the wild George Schaller's struggle to save the last great beasts
Spotlights Schaller working, observing some of the world's most endangered animals. Many of these species were previously considered impossible to study in the wild.
| Main Author: | Turner, Pamela S. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Central India, 1964
- The call of the wild: the United States, 1947-1957
- Gorilla forest: the Belgian Congo, Central Africa, 1959-1960
- A clan of tigers: central India, 1963-1965
- Lion country: Tanzania, East Africa, 1966-1969
- Cat among the clouds: Pakistan and Nepal, the Himalayas, 1969-1975
- Panda politics: central China, 1980-185
- Asses and antelopes: the Tibetan Plateau, western China, 1985-present
- The fate of the wild.