Monster of God : the man-eating predator in the jungles of history and the mind / by David Quammen.
Monster of God : the man-eating predator in the jungles of history and the mind / by David Quammen.
Monster of God : the man-eating predator in the jungles of history and the mind / by David Quammen.
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N591.65/8
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English
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Physical content
515 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
I. The Food Chain of Power and Glory -- II. Once there were Lions -- III. The Muskrat Conundrum -- IV. Leviathan with a Hook -- V. Shadow of the Nine-Toed Bear -- VI. The Teeth and the Meat -- VII. Perestroika -- VIII. Science Fiction Ending.
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New York : W.W. Norton, 2003.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
His book carries us along on those travels - up to high meadows in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, where the brown bear coexists uneasily with cheese-making shepherds; to an Aboriginal community in northern Australia, where the saltwater crocodile is venerated as an ancestor; to the snowbound Bikin River valley in the mountainous Russian Far E...
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Monster of God : the man-eating predator in the jungles of history and the mind / by David Quammen.
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Includes index.
Bibliography, p. 451-479.
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N591.65/8
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74VveZMjbKoy
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0393051404 (hardcover)
9780393051407 (hardcover)
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591.65
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991016945879702626
