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Wild things, wild places : adventurous tales of wildlife and conservation on planet Earth, Jane Alexander
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- Summary
- In Wild Things, Wild Places, Jane Alexander movingly, with a clear eye and a knowing, keen grasp of the issues and on what is being done in conservation and the worlds of science to help the planet's most endangered species to stay alive and thrive, writes of her steady and fervent immersion into the worlds of wildlife conservation, of her coming to know the scientists throughout the world--to her, the prophets in the wilderness--who are steeped in this work, of her travels with them--and on her own--to the most remote and forbidding areas of the world as they try to save many species, including ourselves
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 330 pages
- Note
- "A Borzoi book."
- Contents
-
- Author's note
- Prologue
- Part 1: Tiger man. Mexico ; Belize ; Thailand ; Idaho ; Nepal ; Myanmar ; India ; Brazil
- Part 2: Wildlife woman. Birds ; Peru ; Papua New Guinea ; Hawaii ; Galápagos ; Newfoundland ; Amazonia ; East Africa ; Madagascar
- Part 3: The body of the Earth. Desert ; Killers ; Bhutan ; Bahamas ; Ecuador ; Ocean
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780385354363
- Label
- Wild things, wild places : adventurous tales of wildlife and conservation on planet Earth
- Title
- Wild things, wild places
- Title remainder
- adventurous tales of wildlife and conservation on planet Earth
- Statement of responsibility
- Jane Alexander
- Subject
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- trueAlexander, Jane, 1939-
- trueNature writing -- Personal responses
- Autobiographies
- trueEnvironmentalists
- trueAnimal rights
- trueLife stories -- Nature and outdoors
- trueNature -- Effect of humans on
- trueAnimal welfare
- trueWildlife conservation
- trueRare and endangered animals
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- Alexander, Jane, 1939-
- Autobiographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In Wild Things, Wild Places, Jane Alexander movingly, with a clear eye and a knowing, keen grasp of the issues and on what is being done in conservation and the worlds of science to help the planet's most endangered species to stay alive and thrive, writes of her steady and fervent immersion into the worlds of wildlife conservation, of her coming to know the scientists throughout the world--to her, the prophets in the wilderness--who are steeped in this work, of her travels with them--and on her own--to the most remote and forbidding areas of the world as they try to save many species, including ourselves
- Summary
- The author writes of her steady and fervent immersion into the worlds of wildlife conservation, of her coming to know the scientists throughout the world and her travels with them to save many species from extinction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10528982
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alexander, Jane
- Dewey number
- 333.95/416
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
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- Wildlife conservation
- Alexander, Jane
- Target audience
- adult
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- adventurous tales of wildlife and conservation on planet Earth
- Label
- Wild things, wild places : adventurous tales of wildlife and conservation on planet Earth, Jane Alexander
- Note
- "A Borzoi book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Author's note -- Prologue -- Part 1: Tiger man. Mexico ; Belize ; Thailand ; Idaho ; Nepal ; Myanmar ; India ; Brazil -- Part 2: Wildlife woman. Birds ; Peru ; Papua New Guinea ; Hawaii ; Galápagos ; Newfoundland ; Amazonia ; East Africa ; Madagascar -- Part 3: The body of the Earth. Desert ; Killers ; Bhutan ; Bahamas ; Ecuador ; Ocean -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn944014263
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 330 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385354363
- Lccn
- 2016007803
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)944014263
- Label
- Wild things, wild places : adventurous tales of wildlife and conservation on planet Earth, Jane Alexander
- Note
- "A Borzoi book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Author's note -- Prologue -- Part 1: Tiger man. Mexico ; Belize ; Thailand ; Idaho ; Nepal ; Myanmar ; India ; Brazil -- Part 2: Wildlife woman. Birds ; Peru ; Papua New Guinea ; Hawaii ; Galápagos ; Newfoundland ; Amazonia ; East Africa ; Madagascar -- Part 3: The body of the Earth. Desert ; Killers ; Bhutan ; Bahamas ; Ecuador ; Ocean -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn944014263
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 330 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385354363
- Lccn
- 2016007803
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)944014263
Subject
- trueAlexander, Jane, 1939-
- Alexander, Jane, 1939-
- trueAnimal rights
- trueAnimal welfare
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueEnvironmentalists
- trueLife stories -- Nature and outdoors
- trueNature -- Effect of humans on
- trueNature writing -- Personal responses
- trueRare and endangered animals
- trueWildlife conservation
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