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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drollette, Dan, Jr., 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wildlife conservation--Vietnam.

Wildlife conservation.

Rare animals--Vietnam.

Rare animals.

Endangered species--Vietnam.

Endangered species.

Jungle animals--Vietnam.

Jungle animals.

Vietnam.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown Publishers, [2013]

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.

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.

Notes:

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

Other Format:

Online version: Drollette, Dan, Jr., 1962- Gold rush in the jungle.

ISBN:

0307407047

OCLC:

824686371

Publisher Number:

99953719099