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Monkey dancing : a father, two kids, and a journey to the end of the Earth / Daniel Glick.
Van Pelt Library HQ759.915 .G56 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glick, Daniel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Glick, Daniel.
- Single fathers--Colorado--Biography.
- Single fathers.
- Divorced men--Colorado--Biography.
- Divorced men.
- Single-parent families--Anecdotes.
- Single-parent families.
- Father and child--Anecdotes.
- Father and child.
- Voyages and travels--Anecdotes.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Nature.
- Colorado.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxxv, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Public Affairs, [2003]
- Summary:
- In this frank and funny memoir, a suddenly single father--and nationally known environmental reporter--takes his children on a world tour of some of the world's rare and endangered life forms while reckoning with loss, change, and the challenges of parenting. Photos.
- Contents:
- Prologue: A Free Trip Around the World xiii
- Map: The Monkey Dance xxxiv
- Part 1 The First Monkey Dance
- Something Unpredictable 3
- Satori at Wonga Beach 18
- A Cassowary Totem 25
- Swimming with Crocodiles 32
- Starfish Troopers 42
- "Magical, Daddy" 52
- Dugong Muncher 60
- Monkey Dancing 66
- The Jerry Springer Show? 77
- Sex, Drugs, and the Plural of Platypus 87
- A Puppy Pile in Sydney 103
- Part 2 "She's Not Our Mom"
- Return of the Sardine Eater 109
- Peeing Monkeys 124
- The Hiiest Mountin in BALI 133
- Selamat Malam, Papa 142
- Orangutan Breast Milk 147
- The Crack Hotel of Kumai 157
- Guerrilla Conservation Tactics 163
- Part 3 The World Trade Center Clapst
- September 11, 2001 181
- Part 4 Shadows
- Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh 193
- Johnny Walker Conservation 207
- Zippos and AK-47s 220
- A Surreal Border Crossing 225
- Tomb Raiders 234
- "Family Rate" at Pat Pong 240
- Part 5 Stalking Serendipity
- Ke Garne? 251
- Rakshi on the Royal Trek 259
- Demise of the Tiger? 268
- Shopping for Ganeshes 282
- Part 6 Renaissance Man
- Euros and Escargots 295
- What Are Those Whips and Handcuffs For? 305
- Sunrise Where the Towers Were 311
- Part 7 Full Circle ... and Beyond
- The Robert P. Glick Emergency Services Department 319
- Back in Our Cages 323
- Epilogue: The Glue That Holds Humanity Together 329.
- ISBN:
- 1586481541
- OCLC:
- 51059294
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