Bibliograph

The last unicorn, a search for one of Earth's rarest creatures, William DeBuys

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The last unicorn, a search for one of Earth's rarest creatures, William DeBuys

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-342) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The last unicorn

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

889005309

Responsibility statement

William DeBuys

Sub title

a search for one of Earth's rarest creatures

Summary

"In 1992, in a remote mountain range, a team of scientists discovered the remains of an unusual animal with beautiful long horns. It turned out to be a living species new to western science -- a saola, the first large land mammal discovered in 50 years. Rare then and rarer now, no westerner had glimpsed a live saola before Pulitzer Prize finalist and nature writer William deBuys and conservation biologist William Robichaud set off to search for it in the wilds of central Laos. The team endured a punishing trek, up and down whitewater rivers and through mountainous terrain ribboned with the snare lines of armed poachers. In the tradition of Bruce Chatwin, Colin Thubron, and Peter Matthiessen, THE LAST UNICORN is deBuys's look deep into one of the world's most remote places. As in the pursuit of the unicorn, the journey ultimately becomes a quest for the essence of wildness in nature, and an encounter with beauty"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Entry -- To the Far Nam Nyang -- Circling back : Nakai, again -- Upriver : the Poung of the Nam Mon -- Appendix. Pronunciation, nomenclature, and acronyms

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