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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.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QL737.C27 M66 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- Documents the author's quest to discover the Southeast Asia golden moon bear, describing her team's encounters with dangerous elements, profiling her subject, and sharing excerpts from folklore and natural history.
- Alternative Title
- Science and adventure in Southeast Asia
- Science and adventure in pursuit of a new species
- Subject
- Note
- "Science and moon bears : a scientific addendum / by Gary J. Galbreath": pages [309]-310.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0743205847
- 9780743205849
- LCCN
- 2003268493
- OCLC
- ocm50627357
- 50627357
- SCSB-1266237
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library