Vicki Croke: The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal

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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

Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in secret in the labyrinth of lonely cold mountains. In The Lady and the Panda, Vicki Constantine Croke gives us the remarkable account of Ruth Harkness... (read more)

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“This story takes place during the 1930s and is about Ruth Harkness and her pursuit to bring back a Giant Panda from China. This was the dream of Ruth and her husband. He was in China in search of a Panda when he died from cancer. Harkness took over the expedition where her husband left off. She was an incredibly strong woman...especially for her time. Ruth was also very creative in her thinking and able to get through some of the red tape that other explorers got caught up...”

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