Zoo Quest for a Dragon, Including the Quest for the Paradise Birds
by David Attenborough
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David Attenborough's books and broadcasts have opened up the incredible world of natural history to millions of viewers and listeners. Zoo Quest for a Dragon takes us back to one of his earliest projects, when the BBC and London Zoo joined forces on several animal-collecting expeditions. Quest in Paradise follows his next animal collecting and filming trip to New Guinea, home of the exotic Birds of Paradise. Quest Under Capricorn details Attenborough's expedition to Australia in 1963 in show more search of more rare species. There he meets Aborigines, goes walkabout in the bush, and learns the secret craft of the artists of Arnhem Land. Specially recorded for audio, David Attenborough's earliest adventures are sometimes life-threatening, often hilarious and always totally absorbing. Also included is David Attenborough In His Own Words, a collection of interviews taken from the BBC radio and TV archives. show lessTags
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Very enjoyable light reading. A bit odd to see the devil may care attitude that led to such devastation of wild animal populations in "exotic" locations, but also useful to see it in the context of an apparently good-hearted human rather with the assumption of malice.
When I read it in high school 40 yrs+ ago, it was a very exciting book and look, here I am now living in Indonesia, but yet to go to Komodo.
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- Canonical title
- Zoo Quest for a Dragon, Including the Quest for the Paradise Birds
- Original publication date
- 1957
- Related movies
- Zoo Quest for a Dragon 1: Borneo (1956 | IMDb); Zoo Quest for the Paradise Birds: The People of the Wahgi Valley (1957 | IMDb)
- Disambiguation notice
- This edition includes Quest for the Paradise Birds. Please check you have the same before combining.
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- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
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