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The lady and the panda : the true adventures of the first American explorer to bring back China's most exotic animal Cover Image Book

The lady and the panda : the true adventures of the first American explorer to bring back China's most exotic animal

Croke, Vicki. (Author).

Summary: Ruth Harkness was a Manhattan socialite, newly married to a wealthy adventurer. Weeks after their wedding, he decamped for China in hopes of becoming the first Westerner to capture the most mysterious animal of the day, a giant panda--an expedition on which many had failed miserably. Bill was also to fail, dying alone in China and leaving his widow adrift. In 1936, Ruth adopted her husband's dream as her own. In decadent Shanghai, white male explorers scorned her, so she chose as her partner a 22-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 toughest terrain in the world, where China borders Tibet, they raced against a traitorous rival, and were threatened by hordes of bandits and hostile natives. The voyage cost Ruth everything she had, but when she returned with a baby panda, the story became an international sensation. No animal in history had gotten such attention.--From publisher description.

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  • ISBN: 0375759700
  • ISBN: 9780375759703
  • ISBN: 0375507833
  • ISBN: 9780375507830
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    xix, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-361) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Death in Shanghai -- Inheriting an expedition -- Gaining the whip hand -- West to Changdu -- Rivalry and romance -- A Gift from the spirits -- The Battle royal -- Animal of the century -- Bombs rain from the heavens -- Saigon to Chengdu -- High-altitude hell -- One grand thrill -- Hello, I must be going -- The Back of beyond -- Song of the soul.

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Giant panda

Additional Physical Form Titles

Lady and the panda.

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