『The Lady And The Panda: The True Adventures Of The First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal』／Vicki Constantine Croke (著), Vicki Croke (著)
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- ハードカバー: 372 p ; 出版社: Random House Inc (T) ; ASIN:0375507833 ; (2005/07/05)
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Vicki Constantine Croke’s THE LADY AND THE PANDA is the true story of Ruth Harkness, Manhattan socialite and dress designer, who in 1936 went against all –but-impossible odds, traveling into the most dangerous and little-known corners of the world to track and capture the most mysterious animal of the day: the giant Panda, an animal that had for countless centuries lived secretly in the lonely cold mountains that separate China and Tibet.
Well-funded and experienced men from around the world had tried and failed miserably—some like her husband, dying in the attempt-- yet Ruth remained undaunted. And when she finally captured the first live Panda to be brought to the West, Harkness made the front page of The New York Times, and that of nearly every other newspaper in the country. No animal in history had received such attention and Ruth Harkness quickly became a hero. Along the way Ruth became romantically involved with her partner, in an affair that was as torrid as it was taboo. Ultimately what she brought away from China was more than a little black and white bear; Harkness found her own destiny in the darkest alleys of Shanghai, and in the most majestic snowy peaks of the Tibetan borderland.
