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In 1936, Quentin Young, a 22-year-old Chinese American, led American socialite Ruth Harkness on a 1,500-mile expedition into the remote mountains of Sichuan. Braving warlords and primitive tribes, the duo captured a giant panda and brought it back alive, the first time a live panda had been... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- Indochina
- Shanghai
- New York
- Chengdu
- Field Museum
- Zhaopo
- Chicago
- Hong Kong
- United States
- Sichuan
- Hankow
- Taiwan
- America
- Hawaii
- California
- Indonesia
- East Indies
- Europe
- Panda
- San Francisco
- Brookfield Zoo
- Nanjiang
- Tatsienlu
- Japan
- Titusville
- Makassar
- Asia
- Tibet
- Peru
- Beijing
- Chengtu
- Minya Konka
- Yunnan
- Vietnam
- Manhattan
- Kuomintang
- Hollywood
- Guanxian
First Sentence edit
He heard shots, and the Lolo hunters were shouting beixiong, "white bear," which is what they called the giant panda in that time and place.
Table of Contents edit
1 The Panda First
2 Ouentin
3 A Chinese Evolution
4 Jack
5 The Sikong Expeditions
6 The Lure of the Giant Panda
7 Ruth
8 Upriver
9 The Catch
10 Panda-Monium
11 The Rape of the Panda
12 War and Ruth's Peace
13 Yin and Yang
14 Indiana Jones Lives Near the Mall
Acknowledgments
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Kiefer (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 599.78909
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