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The Lady and the Panda, The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal
by Vicki Croke
- BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
- 2006
- PAPER
- 400 PAGES
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An entertaining account of the 1936 adventures of Ruth Harkness, the New York socialite and dress designer, who traveled to China on a quasi-scientific expedition and emerged with a baby giant panda, the first the world had ever seen. Croke, a journalist who has written about zoos, draws on letters and contemporary accounts to re-create both the arduous journey to Sichuan and all the fuss that greeted Harkness upon her return to America. Interestingly, this is the second recent book on the expedition, a media sensation in its day. Michael Kiefer's Chasing the Panda focuses on Harkness's Chinese-American partner Quentin Young.
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