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The heartbeat of the wild, dispatches from landscapes of wonder, peril, and hope, David Quammen

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The heartbeat of the wild, dispatches from landscapes of wonder, peril, and hope, David Quammen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The heartbeat of the wild

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1345217506

Responsibility statement

David Quammen

Sub title

dispatches from landscapes of wonder, peril, and hope

Summary

"In this essay collection, David Quammen journeys to places where civilization meets raw nature"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Foreword: the heart is a muscle -- The megatransect -- Part I: The long follow (Republic of the Congo) -- Part II: the green abyss (Republic of the Congo) -- Part III: The end of the line (Gabon) -- A country to discover: one signature, 13 new parks (Gabon) -- Goualougo and friends: a walk in the deep forest with Jane Goodall (Republic of the Congo) -- The megaflyover: Mike Fay goes airborne across Africa (Niger) -- The spirit of the wild: Africa has saved what other continents have lost (Pan-Africa) -- Family ties: The private lives of Samburu elephants (Kenya) -- The long way home: salmon, politics, and sustenance on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula (Kamchatka, Russia) -- Let it be: the splendid isolation of Kronotsky Nature Reserve (Kamchatka, Russia) -- The Left Bank ape: What makes bonobos different (Democratic Republic of the Congo) -- The short happy life of a Serengeti lion: C-Boy against the odds (Tanzania) -- Tooth and claw: for people and lions, living together is the hard part (Tanzania) -- Elegy for a lion: the death of C-Boy (Tanzania) -- Desperate primates: chimps and people on a ragged landscape (Uganda) -- The meaning of north: pristine seas and lonely islands (Franz Josef Land, Russia) -- Reservoir of terror: Ebola virus doesn't disappear, it just hides (Ivory Coast) -- Saving the Okavango: a great wetland needs water (Angola and Botswana) -- People's park: conservation and human rights in Gorongosa (Mozambique) -- Gift of the wild: the legacy of Doug Tompkins and Kristine McDivitt Tompkins (Chile and Argentina) -- Boots on the Ground: a private organization undertakes to protect and run African peaks (Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Benin) -- Afterword: still beating

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