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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Turner, Pamela S.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Schaller, George B. > Juvenile literature. Zoologists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature. Wildlife conservation > Juvenile literature.
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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.