The Resource African silences, Peter Matthiessen
African silences, Peter Matthiessen
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The item African silences, Peter Matthiessen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).
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- Summary
- Author's account of his travels in Western Africa in 1978 and in Eastern Africa in 1986 tells of the vanishing worlds of Africa and what is replacing them
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 225 pages
- Contents
-
- African silences: Senegal, Gambia, Ivory Coast
- Of peacocks and gorillas: Zaire (1978)
- Pygmies and Pygmy elephants: the Congo basin (1986)
- Isbn
- 9780679400219
- Label
- African silences
- Title
- African silences
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Matthiessen
- Subject
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- trueNaturalists -- United States
- Natural history
- 1900-1999
- Biography
- trueNaturalists -- United States -- Biography
- trueNatural history -- Africa
- Autobiographies
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- trueEnvironmental protection
- trueAuthors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueHistory writing -- Africa
- trueAuthors, American -- 20th century
- trueAfrica -- Description and travel
- United States
- Naturalists
- Africa
- Matthiessen, Peter
- trueRare and endangered animals
- Travel
- Authors, American
- trueNature Writing -- Natural Landscapes
- Autobiographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Author's account of his travels in Western Africa in 1978 and in Eastern Africa in 1986 tells of the vanishing worlds of Africa and what is replacing them
- Summary
- Examines the harsh political and economic realities that are ravaging Africa and its inhabitants, offering studies of the rare animals faced with extinction and the individuals working to preserve wild Africa
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 168007
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Matthiessen, Peter
- Dewey number
- 916.04/328
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DT12.25
- LC item number
- .M39 1991
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
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- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Matthiessen, Peter
- Matthiessen, Peter
- Africa
- Natural history
- Naturalists
- Authors, American
- Authors, American
- Natural history
- Naturalists
- Travel
- Africa
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- African silences, Peter Matthiessen
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- African silences: Senegal, Gambia, Ivory Coast -- Of peacocks and gorillas: Zaire (1978) -- Pygmies and Pygmy elephants: the Congo basin (1986)
- Control code
- ocm22707869
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 225 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679400219
- Lccn
- 90052893
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)22707869
- Label
- African silences, Peter Matthiessen
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- African silences: Senegal, Gambia, Ivory Coast -- Of peacocks and gorillas: Zaire (1978) -- Pygmies and Pygmy elephants: the Congo basin (1986)
- Control code
- ocm22707869
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 225 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679400219
- Lccn
- 90052893
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)22707869
Subject
- 1900-1999
- Africa
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- Authors, American
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- Biography
- trueEnvironmental protection
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- Matthiessen, Peter
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- Natural history
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- Naturalists
- trueNaturalists -- United States
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- trueNature Writing -- Natural Landscapes
- trueRare and endangered animals
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