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Certain Curve of Horn: The Hundred-Year Quest for the Giant Sable Antelope of Angola
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Title: Certain Curve of Horn: The Hundred-Year Quest for the Giant Sable Antelope of Angola
Author: John Frederick Walker
ISBN: 9780871138583
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
Published: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 320
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Walker tells the story of the giant sable antelope of Angola, a majestic, coal-black quadruped with breathtaking curved horns over five feet long. Tracing the sable's emergence as a highly sought-after natural history prize before the First World War, he follows its struggle to survive in a war zone fought over by the troops of a half-dozen nations, and its transformation into a political symbol and conservation icon. As he follows the antelope's trail, Walker interweaves the stories of adventurers, scientists, and warriors, and how their actions would shape the course of its history and the history of the war-torn home.
Author: John Frederick Walker
ISBN: 9780871138583
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
Published: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 320
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Walker tells the story of the giant sable antelope of Angola, a majestic, coal-black quadruped with breathtaking curved horns over five feet long. Tracing the sable's emergence as a highly sought-after natural history prize before the First World War, he follows its struggle to survive in a war zone fought over by the troops of a half-dozen nations, and its transformation into a political symbol and conservation icon. As he follows the antelope's trail, Walker interweaves the stories of adventurers, scientists, and warriors, and how their actions would shape the course of its history and the history of the war-torn home.
