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In Search of Wild India (by Charlie Pye-Smith)

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In Search of Wild India
 

In Search of Wild India
(by Charlie Pye-Smith)

$20.00

ISBN: 1852831685

  • 1992 edition.  192 pages
  • Published by Boxtree Ltd, London
  • Hardcover with dust jacket.  Black Boards.  Approx A4 size book.
  • Very good condition.  Minor shelf wear.

Companion book to 'Wild India' Channel Four TV Series, UK.   Illustrated and Indexed.

No other country in the world possesses such a fabulous wealth of landscapes and wildlife as does India. This book takes the reader on an extraordinary journey, from the deserts of Rajasthan to the snowy wastes of the Himalaya, from the coral reefes of the Gulf of Kachchh to the steamy jungles of Assam.

These dazzling landscapes are home not just to the Asiatic lion and Royal Bengal tiger, or to rarities such as the saltwater crocodile and the Great Indian bustard, but to hundreds of millions of humans who are doing the best they can to make a living from the land.

The relationship betwen people and nature lies at the heart of this book. For hundreds of years nature has been in retreat;  In Search of Wild India traces the impact of the Moghul hunters, Colonial foresters and today's industrialists, setting India's history within the context of her mythology and religions, which in the past had encouraged great respect for nature.

In Search of Wild India often has a very sad tale to tell, but it is also a celebration of the country's fabulous wildlife  - of some enlightened conservation programmes, and of the many organisations and individuals who are fighting to save the natural world from further desecration. 

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