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The Lady and the Panda 1st Ed, 1st Print (signed by Vicki Constantine Croke)
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“Like New: well preserved; no tears, bends, writing, or highlights on the content pages; dust cover ”... Maggiori informazioniinformazioni sulla condizione
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Oggetto che si trova a: Grayslake, Illinois, Stati Uniti
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Numero oggetto eBay:294563807427
Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- Come Nuovo
- Note del venditore
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Inscribed
- Yes
- Type
- Gift Book
- Features
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
- Subjects
- Biographies & True Stories
- Object Type
- Book
- Original/Reproduction
- Original
- Age Level
- Adults
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Signed
- Yes
- Signed By
- Vicki Constantine Croke
- Era
- 1930s
- ISBN
- 9780375507830
Informazioni su questo prodotto
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375507833
ISBN-13
9780375507830
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43556794
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lady and the Panda : The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, Animals / Bears, Animals / Wildlife, Essays & Travelogues
Publication Year
2005
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Travel, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-051356
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
Advance Praise forTHE LADY AND THE PANDA "A remarkable journey beautifully described, The Lady and the Panda brings to life one of the most astonishing and overlooked stories of American adventure, the 1936 quest by Ruth Harkness to bring a giant panda to America. Vicki Constantine Croke's canvas is the mystical and wondrous China of the 1930s, her heroine a most remarkable woman, and her gift the ability to understand that this is a great love story." ROBERT KURSON, author ofShadow Divers "Mesmerizing. Vicki Croke has done a magnificent job of immersing the reader in an absolutely fascinating world. I found myself completely absorbed and could not stop reading. Amazing." JEFFREY MOUSSAIEFF MASSON, author ofWhen Elephants Weep "Ruth Harkness, the New York socialite who journeyed into the wilds of China to bring the Giant Panda to America, now has the biography she deserves. In Croke's hands, the intrepid American woman and the con men, dreamers, and adventurers who joined her in pursuit of the world's most exotic animal spring vividly to life. Part Hemingway, part Treasure of Sierra Madre, The Panda Hunter is a rare blend of adventure, biography, and zoology. A deeply satisfying read." STELLA DONG, author ofShanghai, Advance Praise for THE LADY AND THE PANDA "A remarkable journey beautifully described, The Lady and the Panda brings to life one of the most astonishing and overlooked stories of American adventure, the 1936 quest by Ruth Harkness to bring a giant panda to America. Vicki Constantine Croke's canvas is the mystical and wondrous China of the 1930s, her heroine a most remarkable woman, and her gift the ability to understand that this is a great love story." ROBERT KURSON, author of Shadow Divers "Mesmerizing. Vicki Croke has done a magnificent job of immersing the reader in an absolutely fascinating world. I found myself completely absorbed and could not stop reading. Amazing." JEFFREY MOUSSAIEFF MASSON, author of When Elephants Weep "Ruth Harkness, the New York socialite who journeyed into the wilds of China to bring the Giant Panda to America, now has the biography she deserves. In Croke's hands, the intrepid American woman and the con men, dreamers, and adventurers who joined her in pursuit of the world's most exotic animal spring vividly to life. Part Hemingway, part Treasure of Sierra Madre, The Panda Hunter is a rare blend of adventure, biography, and zoology. A deeply satisfying read." STELLA DONG, author of Shanghai
Dewey Decimal
599.789092
Synopsis
Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in secret in the labyrinth of lonely cold mountains. In The Lady and the Panda, Vicki Constantine Croke gives us the remarkable account of Ruth Harkness and her extraordinary journey, and restores Harkness to her rightful place along with Sacajawea, Nellie Bly, and Amelia Earhart as one of the great woman adventurers of all time. Ruth was the toast of 1930s New York, a dress designer newly married to a wealthy adventurer, Bill Harkness. Just weeks after their wedding, however, Bill decamped for China in hopes of becoming the first Westerner to capture a giant panda-an expedition on which many had embarked and failed miserably. Bill was also to fail in his quest, dying horribly alone in China and leaving his widow heartbroken and adrift. And so Ruth made the fateful decision to adopt her husband's dream as her own and set off on the adventure of a lifetime. It was not easy. Indeed, everything was against Ruth Harkness. In decadent Shanghai, the exclusive fraternity of white male explorers patronized her, scorned her, and joked about her softness, her lack of experience and money. But Ruth ignored them, organizing, outfitting, and leading a bare-bones campaign into the majestic but treacherous hinterlands where China borders Tibet. As her partner she chose Quentin Young, a twenty-two-year-old Chinese explorer as unconventional as she was, who would join her in a romance as torrid as it was taboo. Traveling across some of the toughestterrain in the world-nearly impenetrable bamboo forests, slick and perilous mountain slopes, and boulder-strewn passages-the team raced against a traitorous rival, and was constantly threatened by hordes of bandits and hostile natives. The voyage took months to complete and cost Ruth everything she had. But when, almost miraculously, she returned from her journey with a baby panda named Su Lin in her arms, the story became an international sensation and made the front pages of newspapers around the world. No animal in history had gotten such attention. And Ruth Harkness became a hero. Drawing extensively on American and Chinese sources, including diaries, scores of interviews, and previously unseen intimate letters from Ruth Harkness, Vicki Constantine Croke has fashioned a captivating and richly textured narrative about a woman ahead of her time. Part Myrna Loy, part Jane Goodall, by turns wisecracking and poetic, practical and spiritual, Ruth Harkness is a trailblazing figure. And her story makes for an unforgettable, deeply moving adventure.
LC Classification Number
QL737.C214C76 2005
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