The Resource The last unicorn : a search for one of Earth's rarest creatures, William DeBuys
The last unicorn : a search for one of Earth's rarest creatures, William DeBuys
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The item The last unicorn : a search for one of Earth's rarest creatures, William DeBuys represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
- 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 354 pages
- Contents
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- Entry
- To the Far Nam Nyang
- Circling back : Nakai, again
- Upriver : the Poung of the Nam Mon
- Appendix. Pronunciation, nomenclature, and acronyms
- Isbn
- 9780316232869
- Label
- The last unicorn : a search for one of Earth's rarest creatures
- Title
- The last unicorn
- Title remainder
- a search for one of Earth's rarest creatures
- Statement of responsibility
- William DeBuys
- Subject
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- Endangered species -- Laos | Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area
- Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area (Laos)
- Saola -- Laos | Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area
- Wildlife conservation -- Laos | Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area
- Language
- eng
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- DeBuys, William
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Saola
- Endangered species
- Wildlife conservation
- Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area (Laos)
- Label
- The last unicorn : a search for one of Earth's rarest creatures, William DeBuys
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-342) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Entry -- To the Far Nam Nyang -- Circling back : Nakai, again -- Upriver : the Poung of the Nam Mon -- Appendix. Pronunciation, nomenclature, and acronyms
- Control code
- ocn889005309
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 354 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316232869
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014020923
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Label
- The last unicorn : a search for one of Earth's rarest creatures, William DeBuys
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-342) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Entry -- To the Far Nam Nyang -- Circling back : Nakai, again -- Upriver : the Poung of the Nam Mon -- Appendix. Pronunciation, nomenclature, and acronyms
- Control code
- ocn889005309
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 354 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316232869
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014020923
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
Subject
- Endangered species -- Laos | Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area
- Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area (Laos)
- Saola -- Laos | Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area
- Wildlife conservation -- Laos | Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area
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