Chasing the Panda (edit title/settings)

Shelfari edited the settings of Chasing the Panda Sunday, May 6, 2012.

• Added a setting: Indochina
• Added a setting: Shanghai
• Added a setting: New York
• Added a setting: Chengdu
• Added a setting: Field Museum
• Added a setting: Zhaopo
• Added a setting: Chicago
• Added a setting: Hong Kong
• Added a setting: United States
• Added a setting: Sichuan
• Added a setting: Hankow
• Added a setting: Taiwan
• Added a setting: America
• Added a setting: Hawaii
• Added a setting: California
• Added a setting: Indonesia
• Added a setting: East Indies
• Added a setting: Europe
• Added a setting: Panda
• Added a setting: San Francisco
• Added a setting: Brookfield Zoo
• Added a setting: Nanjiang
• Added a setting: Tatsienlu
• Added a setting: Japan
• Added a setting: Titusville
• Added a setting: Makassar
• Added a setting: Asia
• Added a setting: Tibet
• Added a setting: Peru
• Added a setting: Beijing
• Added a setting: Chengtu
• Added a setting: Minya Konka
• Added a setting: Yunnan
• Added a setting: Vietnam
• Added a setting: Manhattan
• Added a setting: Kuomintang
• Added a setting: Hollywood
• Added a setting: Guanxian

starwolvie approved Ripley’s request to combine 3 books, including Chasing the Panda, Tuesday, March 13, 2012.

Ripley edited the table of contents of Chasing the Panda Monday, March 12, 2012.

• 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

Ripley submitted a request to combine 3 books, including Chasing the Panda, Monday, March 12, 2012.

TheLibrarian edited the characters of Chasing the Panda Friday, January 28, 2011.

• Changed the section title: Important People

Cora R approved TheLibrarian’s request to change the title of Chasing the Panda Friday, January 28, 2011.

TheLibrarian changed the title of Chasing the Panda Thursday, January 27, 2011.

Shelfari edited the subjects of Chasing the Panda Friday, March 12, 2010.

• Added the subject: Subjects > Science > Biological Sciences > Animals > Mammals
• Added the subject: Subjects > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical

Shelfari edited the classification of Chasing the Panda Friday, March 12, 2010.

• changed the Dewey Classification: 599.78909

Shelfari edited the description of Chasing the Panda Monday, December 14, 2009.

• 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 seen by the Western world. Hunters and scientists assumed the pair had stolen the animal. When it became clear the find was genuine, Ruth Harkness became a celebrity. But Quentin Young, together with his brother and fellow guide, Jack, was swept into the chaos of World War II and became a spy. A few years ago, Michael Kiefer discovered Quentin, now elderly and living in the United States. The resulting book sets the record straight.