The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal by Vicki Constantine Croke

The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal

Vicki Constantine Croke

400 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir science adventurous emotional medium-paced
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Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in...

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adventurous 100%
informative 80%
emotional 40%
sad 40%
dark 20%
hopeful 20%
inspiring 20%
relaxing 20%

Pace

medium 75%
slow 25%

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3.74

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