Bibliograph

Gold rush in the jungle, the race to discover and defend the rarest animals of Vietnam's "lost world", Dan Drollette, Jr

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Gold rush in the jungle, the race to discover and defend the rarest animals of Vietnam's "lost world", Dan Drollette, Jr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [282]-294) and index

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platesillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gold rush in the jungle

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

824686371

Responsibility statement

Dan Drollette, Jr

Sub title

the race to discover and defend the rarest animals of Vietnam's "lost world"

Summary

Details the zoological discoveries found in the jungles of Vietnam, using research gathered from biologists, conservations, and indigenous peoples to describe such animal species discoveries as a half-goat, half-ox, and a barking deer

Table Of Contents

Dawn in the jungle -- A peace more dangerous than war -- An American in Vietnam -- A room at the "Hanoi Hilton" -- Roughing it in rural Vietnam -- A grand tour of the EPRC -- Vietnam's "lost world" -- At the hands of the demon called "science" -- A biological gold rush in the jungle -- The kouprey : a cautionary tale -- Cobras under the kitchen sink -- Surviving "American war" : Agent Orange -- DMZ : the thin green line -- Dragons flying in clouds -- Of turtles and second chances -- Why the rhino went extinct in Vietnam -- Vietnam's Yeti : what else is out there? -- Two futures : Angkor Wat or Kauai? -- The big picture

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