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Author:

Silvey, Anita, author.

Title:

Undaunted : the wild life of Biruté Mary Galdikas and her fearless quest to save orangutans / Anita Silvey ; foreword by Biruté Mary Galdikas.

Publisher:

National Geographic,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm

Subject:

Galdikas, Biruté Marija Filomena--Juvenile literature.
Women primatologists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Orangutans--Research--Research--Borneo--Juvenile literature.
Orangutans--Research--Research--Sumatra--Sumatra--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.

Other Authors:

Galdikas, Biruté Marija Filomena, writer of foreword.
National Geographic Society (U.S.)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 91-92) and index.

Contents:

First contact -- Explorer in training -- Mentors -- Borneo -- The elusive orangutan -- The future.

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

ISBN:

1426333579
9781426333576
1426333560
9781426333569

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1048657745

LCCN:

2018036051

Locations:

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

KLPC566 -- West Point Public Library (West Point)

CJPC482 -- Williamsburg Public Library (Williamsburg)