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Item Details
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THE BLACK RHINOS OF NAMIBIA
SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS IN THE AFRICAN DESERT |
| By: |
Rick Bass |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£17.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0547055218 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780547055213 |
| Publisher: |
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT PUBLISHING COMPANY |
| Pub. date: |
13 August, 2012 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
The black rhino is a 3,000-pound, squinty-eyed giant that sports three-foot-long dagger horns, lives off poisonous plants, and goes for days without water. Human intervention and advanced conservation saved the rhinos - for now - from the brink of extinction, brought on by poaching and war. This book deals with the Rhinos. |
| Synopsis: |
Rick Bass first made a name for himself as a writer and seeker of rare, iconic animals, including the grizzlies and wolves of the American West. Now he's off on a new, far-flung adventure in the Namib of southwest Africa on the trail of another fascinating, vulnerable species. The black rhino is a 3,000-pound, squinty-eyed giant that sports three-foot-long dagger horns, lives off poisonous plants, and goes for days without water. Human intervention and cutting-edge conservation saved the rhinos - for now - from the brink of extinction, brought on by poaching and war. Against the backdrop of one of the most ancient and harshest terrains on earth, Bass, with his characteristic insight and grace, probes the complex relationship between humans and nature and meditates on our role as both destroyer and saviour. In the tradition of Peter Matthiessen's "The Tree Where Man Was Born", Bass captures a haunting slice of Africa, especially of the black rhinos that glow ghostly white in the gleaming sun. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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