The last unicorn : a search for one of Earth's rarest creatures
DeBuys, William, 1949-2015
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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 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, this book is deBuys's look deep into one of the world's most remote places.
Main title:
The last unicorn : a search for one of Earth's rarest creatures / William DeBuys.
Author:
DeBuys, William, 1949-, author
Imprint:
Boston, Massachusetts : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.Boston, Massachusetts : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Collation:
1 volume
ISBN:
9780316232869 (hbk)
Dewey class:
591.6809594591.68591.68 DEB
Language:
English
Subject:
Saola -- Laos -- Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation AreaEndangered species -- Laos -- Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation AreaWildlife conservation -- Laos -- Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation AreaNakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area (Laos)
BRN:
1714242