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For the love of lemurs : my life in the wilds of Madagascar / Patricia Chapple Wright.
Penn Museum Library QL737.P95 W75 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Patricia C., 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wright, Patricia C., 1944-.
- Lemurs--Madagascar.
- Lemurs.
- Rare mammals--Madagascar.
- Rare mammals.
- Ranomafana National Park (Madagascar).
- Madagascar.
- Madagascar--Ranomafana National Park.
- Local Subjects:
- Wright, Patricia C., 1944-.
- Physical Description:
- IX, 237 pages, 12 unnumbered pages foto's. : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Lantern Books, a division of Booklight Inc, 2014.
- Summary:
- Memoir of a primatologist sent in 1986 to the rainforests of Madagascar to find the greater bamboo lemur, a species not seen in the wild in 30 years. Contents: Gold rush (1986) -- Cyanide secrets (1987) -- Aye-aye, sir (1987-88) -- It takes a village (1988-89) -- The birth of Ranomafana (1990-91) -- Crocodile caves (1991) -- Lightning strikes (1991-92) -- Something big (1996) -- The great bamboo conundrum (1997) -- Flying angels (1999) -- The Amanda trail (1999-2000) -- The creature of Kalambatritra (2000) -- Loret's land (2001-03) -- Sapphire city (2007) -- Nothing gold can stay (2008).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1590564456
- 9781590564455
- 9781590564462
- 1590564464
- OCLC:
- 900648089
- Publisher Number:
- 99962023655
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