Journey of the pink dolphins : an Amazon quest / Sy Montgomery.
Journey of the pink dolphins : an Amazon quest / Sy Montgomery.
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Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2000.
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N599.538/1
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English
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Physical content
317 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Map: The Author's Travels Through the Amazon -- A Woman Rain -- Manaus: The Curtain Rises -- Map: Meeting of the Waters -- The Meeting of the Waters -- Unfathomable Fragments -- Desire -- Iquitos -- Map: Iquitos -- Life in the Rain Forest -- Death in the Rain Forest -- Breath -- Vine of the Soul --...
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Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2000.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2000.
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"Journey of the Pink Dolphins weaves ancient myth and modern science into one woman's search for these elusive creatures. With their melonlike foreheads and tubular snouts, pink dolphins look eerily familiar, like people in watery beginning. No one knows for certain what gives the dolphins their distinctive coloring: they may glow pink with exertio...
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Journey of the pink dolphins : an Amazon quest / Sy Montgomery.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-311).
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c2000.
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N599.538/1
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74VvGv8kggBO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvGv8kggBO
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ISBN
0743200268 (pbk.)
068484558X
9780743200264 (pbk.)
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599.538
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991012544909702626
