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The Black Rhinos of Namibia: Searching for Survivors in the African Desert
by Rick Bass
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good +
- ISBN 10
- 0547055218
- ISBN 13
- 9780547055213
- Seller
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Salida, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. The book is clean, crisp and tight with no evidence it has been read. The dust jacket, price intact, has a small area of rubbing on the front fold otherwise it too would be in fine condition. 1st printing
Synopsis
“An extraordinary exploration and meditation . . . [Bass] transports us along on this wonder-filled tour, full of hardness and hope, into an otherworldly place that mirrors our own.” — National Geographic Traveler Black rhinos are not actually black. They are, however, giant animals with tiny eyes, feet the diameter of laundry baskets, and horns that are prized for both their aesthetic and medicinal qualities. Until recently, these creatures were perched on the edge of extinction, their numbers dwindling as they succumbed to poachers and the ravages of civil war. Now their numbers are rising, thanks to a groundbreaking new conservation method from the Save the Rhino Trust: make sure that rhinos are worth more alive than dead. Rick Bass, who has long worn the uneasy mantle of both activist and hunter, traveled to Namibia to find black rhinos. The tale of his journey provides a deeper understanding of these amazing animals and of just what needs to be done to protect them. “Bass provides a singularly thoughtful portrait of a unique animal, and a meditation on mankind’s relationship to both it and the natural world as a whole.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Details
- Bookseller
- West of Denver Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3749
- Title
- The Black Rhinos of Namibia
- Author
- Rick Bass
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0547055218
- ISBN 13
- 9780547055213
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- Nature/Animals/Wildlife/Nature / Animals / Wildlife/Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection/Travel / Africa / South
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Crisp
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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