Adventures Of A Young Naturalist. The Zoo Quest Expeditions
Attenborough David Sir
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Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Two Roads
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: First Edition
Description: 398 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.
Publishers Description: In 1954, a young television presenter named David Attenborough was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for London Zoos collection, and to film the expeditions for the BBC. Now the greatest living advocate of the global ecosystem this is the story of the voyages that started it all. Staying with local tribes while trekking in search of giant anteaters in Guyana, Komodo dragons in Indonesia and armadillos in Paraguay, he and the rest of the team battled with cannibal fish, aggressive tree porcupines and escape-artist wild pigs, as well as treacherous terrain and unpredictable weather, to record the incredible beauty and biodiversity of these regions. The methods may be outdated now, but the fascination and respect for the wildlife, the people and the environment - and the importance of protecting these wild places - is not.Written with his trademark wit and charm, Adventures of a Young Naturalist is not just the story of a remarkable adventure, but of the man who made us fall in love with the natural world, and who is still doing so today.
ISBN: 9781473664401
(214357)