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Black Rhinos of Namibia: Searching for Survivors in the African Desert

Black Rhinos of Namibia: Searching for Survivors in the African Desert - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Rick BassPublish date:2013-08-01Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Houghton MifflinISBN-13:9780544002333ISBN-10:544002334UPC:9780544002333Book Category:Nature, TravelBook Subcategory:Environmental Conservation & Protection, Animals, AfricaBook Topic:Mammals, WestSize:8.00 x 5.30 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCHKKKDZTE
"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
Language:EnglishPublisher:Houghton MifflinISBN-13:9780544002333ISBN-10:544002334UPC:9780544002333Book Category:Nature, TravelBook Subcategory:Environmental Conservation & Protection, Animals, AfricaBook Topic:Mammals, WestSize:8.00 x 5.30 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCHKKKDZTE
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RICK BASS's fiction has received O. Henry Awards, numerous Pushcart Prizes, awards from the Texas Institute of Letters, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and his memoir, Why I Came West, was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award.

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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