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Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition Among Snow Leopards in Mongolia Library binding - 2009
by Sy Montgomery; Nic Bishop (Photographer)
With a dazzling, as-it-happens narrative and spectacular photographs, this book by an award-winning team brings Mongolia up close for readers, as it follows an expedition in search of the elusive snow leopard. Full color.
Summary
People call it The Ghost of the Mountain,” for those who live among snow leopards almost never see one. Beautiful spotted coats conceal these elusive cats in their rocky, high-altitude habitata place where temperatures are often cold enough to freeze human tears. A thick, long tail for balance helps snow leopards spring at their prey from great distancesprey that is often three times its own size. Slinking along the Mongolian mountain ridges, the snow leopards are invisibleand almost impossible to study.
But that doesn’t deter scientist Tom McCarthy, Conservation Director of the Seattle-based Snow Leopard Trust, or his many colleagues from dedicating their lives’ work to the study and protection of this seldom-seen creature. And it doesn’t stop Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop from packing their bags in order to join Tom on a trek to Mongolia, where they hope to learn more about this magical cat, a cat who doesn’t give up its secrets easily.
It will take endurance and persistence to climb the dusty mountain trails, hope of a snow leopard sighting rising and falling with each new summit. It will take practice and experience to lay humane leghold snares, collect scat samples, and set up motion-triggered cameras. It will take patience, focusand yes, loveto dedicate a lifetime learning more about this little-understood creature. But that’s the only way the Snow Leopard Trust can protect their charges, before the snow leopard truly becomes nothing but a ghost of the mountain.
With a dazzling, as-it-happens narrative and spectacular photographs, Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop bring Mongolia up close for readers everywhere.
But that doesn’t deter scientist Tom McCarthy, Conservation Director of the Seattle-based Snow Leopard Trust, or his many colleagues from dedicating their lives’ work to the study and protection of this seldom-seen creature. And it doesn’t stop Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop from packing their bags in order to join Tom on a trek to Mongolia, where they hope to learn more about this magical cat, a cat who doesn’t give up its secrets easily.
It will take endurance and persistence to climb the dusty mountain trails, hope of a snow leopard sighting rising and falling with each new summit. It will take practice and experience to lay humane leghold snares, collect scat samples, and set up motion-triggered cameras. It will take patience, focusand yes, loveto dedicate a lifetime learning more about this little-understood creature. But that’s the only way the Snow Leopard Trust can protect their charges, before the snow leopard truly becomes nothing but a ghost of the mountain.
With a dazzling, as-it-happens narrative and spectacular photographs, Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop bring Mongolia up close for readers everywhere.
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- Title Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition Among Snow Leopards in Mongolia
- Author Sy Montgomery; Nic Bishop (Photographer)
- Binding Library Binding
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 80
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Clarion Books, New York, NY
- Date 2009-08-17
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780618916450 / 0618916458
- Weight 1.43 lbs (0.65 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 11.22 x 0.53 in (23.11 x 28.50 x 1.35 cm)
- Ages 10 to 12 years
- Grade levels 5 - 7
- Reading level 840
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Endangered species, Mongolia
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008036762
- Dewey Decimal Code 599.755
Media reviews
Citations
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 09/01/2009, Page 0
- Horn Book Magazine, 11/01/2009, Page 697
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2010, Page 0
- Kirkus Review - Children, 09/01/2009, Page 0
- School Library Journal, 10/01/2009, Page 150
- SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2009, Page 34
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