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Undaunted : the wild life of Biruté Mary Galdikas and her fearless quest to save orangutans

2019

Format:	Book
Author:	Silvey, Anita, author.
Title:	Undaunted : the wild life of Biruté Mary Galdikas and her fearless quest to save orangutans / Anita Silvey ; Biruté Mary Galdikas.
Publisher, Date:	Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2019]
Description:	96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 27 cm
Summary:	"As a young scientist, Birute Mary Galdikas had a mission: To find and study the elusive orangutans of Borneo's rain forest to help protect this amazing and elusive species. Follow her story as she carries out an epic search and struggles to survive while studying the world's most endangered great ape"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:	National Geographic kids National Geographic Kids.
Subjects:	Galdikas, Biruté Marija Filomena. Women primatologists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Orangutans -- Behavior -- Research -- Borneo -- Juvenile literature. Orangutans -- Behavior -- Research -- Indonesia -- Sumatra -- Juvenile literature.
Genre:	Biographies.
Other Author:	Galdikas, Biruté Marija Filomena, writer of foreword. National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (page 91) and index.
Contents:	Foreword / by Biruté Mary Galdikas -- First contact -- Explorer in training -- Mentors -- Borneo -- The elusive orangutan -- The future -- Field notes -- Where orangutans live -- Orangutan family scrapbook -- The life of Biruté Mary Galdikas.
LCCN:	2018036051
ISBN:	9781426333569 9781426333576
Other Number:	1100071228
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	2
Control Number:	795592
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Call Number:	j BIO Galdikas

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