The chiru of high Tibet a true story
The true story of how scientist George Schaller and four mountain men set out to save the chiru (antelope-like creatures that cannot survive captivity and live on the high plains of Tibet) from near extinction.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, [MA] :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2010.
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| Summary: | The true story of how scientist George Schaller and four mountain men set out to save the chiru (antelope-like creatures that cannot survive captivity and live on the high plains of Tibet) from near extinction. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780618581306 0618581308 |
| Author Notes: | Jacqueline Briggs Martin is the author of Snowflake Bentley, winner of the 1999 Caldecott Medal, and The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish, an ALA Notable Book, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book, Riverbank Review Finalist, Notable Social Studies Trade book and winner of The Golden Kite Award for Illustration. She grew up on a farm in Maine much like the one in this story. She lives in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Linda Wingerter, a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, grew up in a family of artists in rural Maine. She now lives in West Haven, Connecticut. |
