The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal
Vicki Constantine Croke, .. Random, $25.95 (400pp) ISBN 978-0-375-50783-0
During the Great Depression, inexpensive entertainment could be had at any city zoo. The exploits of the utterly macho men who bagged the beasts also made good adventure-film fodder. Yet one of the most famous animals ever brought to America—the giant panda—was captured by a woman, Ruth Harkness. Constantine Croke, the "Animal Beat" columnist for the
Reviewed on: 05/02/2005
Genre: Nonfiction
Hardcover - 643 pages - 978-0-7862-8169-5
Paperback - 400 pages - 978-0-375-75970-3
Prebound-Glued - 372 pages - 978-1-62765-252-0