The Lady And The Panda: The True Adventures Of The First American Explorer To Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal

from autumnesf

actually listened to this on CD during our long drive to Florida. It is about the widow of an explorer that died in China. The widow then decides to carry on his dream of bringing the first panda to America. This all occured in the 1930's - which makes a woman traveling to China and heading up an...

from Catherine.Cox

Interesting story. Somewhat light on the effects her efforts had on the whole business of providing animals to zoos. The book also glosses over world events during her time in China. A quick and sometimes exciting read about about a brave, flawed human being.

from NanaboosBookEnds

I liked this book a lot. I usually avoid non-fiction but this book was very enjoyable. The only problem is the sort of downer of an ending. But it seems like so many people who live great lives, don't have great endings.

from pmarshall

Ruth Harkness was a true explorer and an inspiration to lovers of panda bears. She was the first to take a live baby panda out of China to a Chicago zoo. But more importantly she was the first to return a panda to China. Pandas are magnificent animals and she became sickened by the treatment they...

from ChickLitFan

Lady and the Panda tells the story of Ruth Harkness and the pandas she captured in China in the mid 1930s. Harkness was the first person to bring a live panda to the US. Su-Lin was a young cub at the time, and Ruth bottle fed him and carried him around in a basket to press conferences and various...