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1 online resource (354 pages) : illustrations |
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text file rda |
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Intro; Title Page; Welcome; Dedication; Epigraph; Prologue; Maps; Laos, Vietnam, and Selected Provinces; Nakai-Nam Theun National Protected Area; I. Entry; February 24: Nam Theun Reservoir; February 25: Ban Tong; February 26: Ban Nameuy; II. To the Far Nam Nyang; February 27: Ban Nameuy; February 28: Thong Kouang; March 1: Thong Sek; March 2: Nam Nyang, Camp 1; March 3: Nam Nyang, Camp 2; March 4: A Tributary of the Nam Nyang; March 5: A Tributary of the Nam Nyang; March 6: Thong Kouang; III. Circling Back: Nakai, Again; March 7: Ban Nameuy; March 8: Ban Nameuy; March 9: Ban Nameuy |
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March 10: NakaiMarch 11: Nakai; IV. Upriver: The Poung of the Nam Mon; March 12: Nakai; March 13: Ban Navang; March 14: Nam Mon, Camp 1; March 15: Nam Mon, Camp 2; March 16: Nam Mon, Camp 3; March 17: Nam Mon, Camp 4; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Pronunciation, Nomenclature, and Acronyms; Notes; About the Author; Also by William deBuys; Praise for William deBuys's THE LAST UNICORN; Reading Group Guide; An Update on Saola News; A Conversation with William deBuys; How to Report from Saola Habitat, or Maybe How Not to; Questions and Topics for Discussion |
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William deBuys's Recommendations for Further ReadingNewsletters; Table of Contents; Copyright |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Traces the 1992 discovery of the saola, the first large land mammal discovered in fifty years, and the high-risk effort to observe the rare animal in the dangerous wilds of central Laos. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-342) and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Saola -- Laos -- Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area.
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Endangered species -- Laos -- Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area.
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Wildlife conservation -- Laos -- Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area.
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Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area (Laos)
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Laos -- Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area. |
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Electronic books. |
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): DeBuys, William, 1949- Last unicorn New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015 9780316232869 (DLC) 2014020923 (OCoLC)883650234 |
| ISBN |
9780316365710 : $81.00 |
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0316365718 : $81.00 |
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