Mean and Lowly Things

True Tales of Snake-hunting in Africa

Kate Jackson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2007
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-60239-137-6 (ISBN)

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Harvard-educated herpetologist, Kate Jackson set up her tent in a pygmy village, and went to collect Central African snakes, lizards and frogs. This text describes her struggles to learn Central African customs, overcome labyrinthine bureaucracy there, fit cobras into small backpacks and convince locals that she is a scientist and not a witch.

Harvard-educated herpetologist, Kate Jackson set up her tent in a pygmy village, along with a cook and guide, and went to collect Central African snakes, lizards and frogs - many of which had never before been identified or catalogued. In a delightful style that reads like great fiction, Jackson describes her struggles to learn Central African customs, overcome the labyrinthine bureaucracy there, fit huge cobras into small backpacks and convince the locals that she is a scientist and not a witch. Jackson's original goal was to write a scientific guide to the snakes of the Congo, but her experience taught her much more. Readers will enjoy the colourful characters they meet, the many varieties of snake, and the author - a woman as funny and brave as she is adventurous.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2007
Zusatzinfo	16 colour photographs
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Afrika
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-60239-137-8 / 1602391378
ISBN-13	978-1-60239-137-6 / 9781602391376
Zustand	Neuware