Stones of Silence: Journeys in the Himalaya

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Viking Press, 1980 - History - 292 pages
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Schaller's account of his and others' long struggle to save the fascinating, increasingly rare wildlife of the Himalayas combines high adventure, close description, and scientific dedication

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Contents

Path to the Mountains
1
Mountains in the Desert
115
Cloud Goats
150
Copyright

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Stones of Silence: Journeys in the Himalaya
Jean Pruchnik
Snippet view - 1980
Stones of Silence: Journeys in the Himalaya
George B. Schaller
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ahead altitudes animals argali behavior bharal Bhote Kosi blue sheep boulders camp canyon Chitral Chitral Gol cliffs climb clouds crest cubs dark descend dhole Dolpo feet female forest Gilgit glacier gorge grass Gyaltsen habitat halt head herd hills Himalaya Himalayan tahr Hindu Hindu Kush horns hunting Hunza ibex India Indus Jang-bu Karakoram Karchat Kashmir Khan kill lama Lapche leave livestock loads look males Marco Polo sheep markhor miles Misgar monastery morning mountains nearby Nepal night Nilgiri tahr once Pakistan pass peaks Pervez Peter Phu-Tsering plateau porters pugmarks rams range reached remain retreat ridge Ringmo river road rock sheep and goats Sherpas Shey slopes snow leopard soon species stone Tarakot tent Tibet Tibetan tiger trail trees trip tsampa urial valley vanished village walk walls watched wild goat wildlife wind winter wolves yaks young

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About the author (1980)

Zoologist George B. Schaller was born in 1933. He is the science director of international programs for the New York Zoological Society's Center for Field Biology and Conservation. After studying wildlife in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, Schaller wrote The Serengeti Lion: A Study of Predator-Prey Relations, which won the 1972 National Book Award. After studying the panda in China, Schaller wrote The Last Panda, a book detailing his discoveries.

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TitleStones of Silence: Journeys in the Himalaya
Photographs byGeorg B. Schaller
Illustrated byJean Pruchnik
Editionillustrated
PublisherViking Press, 1980
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized21 Apr 2008
ISBN0670671401, 9780670671403
Length292 pages
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History / General
Nature / Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains
Travel / Asia / India & South Asia
  
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