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Search for the golden moon bear : science and adventure in Southeast Asia

Title
Search for the golden moon bear : science and adventure in Southeast Asia / Sy Montgomery.
Author
Montgomery, Sy.
Publication
New York : Simon & Schuster, [2002], ©2002.

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324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
  • "Only eight bear species are known to science: the American black bear; the grizzly; the polar bear; the South American spectacled bear; Asia's sun bear, moon bear, and sloth bear; and the Chinese panda. The moon bears' lineage (most similar to that of the American black bear) as black-coated mountain dwellers had never been challenged - until, on the edge of the new millennium, Montgomery and her scientific colleagues turned up this new golden form.".
  • "Search for the Golden Moon Bear travels to Southeast Asia, home of these luminous bears, for a look through the broken mirror of the evolutionary record into the present day. Hobnobbing with scientists and locals, Montgomery pieces together a living portrait of her elusive subject.".
  • "Search for the Golden Moon Bear is a field report from the frontiers of science and the ends of the earth, seamlessly weaving together folklore, natural history, and contemporary research into a fantastic travelogue."--BOOK JACKET.
Alternative Title
  • Science and adventure in Southeast Asia
  • Science and adventure in pursuit of a new species
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-317).
Contents
Pt. 1. A First Encounter: The Golden Moon Bear. 1. In the Market for Bears. 2. The Bears of Phnom Penh. 3. The Sorrow of the Forest Spirits. 4. Year Zero. 5. Refugees -- Pt. 2. The Magic Ingredient. 6. Essence of Bear. 7. The Hmong of Skokie, Illinois. 8. Dog Bear. 9. The Kingdom of a Million Elephants. 10. The Empty Forest. 11. Soul Wandering. 12. Seeing -- Pt. 3. Lost Worlds. 13. Hearing. 14. Appetite. 15. The Coming Flood -- Pt. 4. The Naga and the Khting vor -- Epilogue Angkor: Forgetting and Remembering -- Science and Moon Bears.
ISBN
0743205847
OCLC
  • ocm50627357
  • SCSB-4314709
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries