Beyond beauty : hunting the wild blue poppy /
The story of a remarkable journey that Bill Terry and his wife, Rosemary, undertook when they joined a party of Dutch and British alpine plant hunters intent on botanizing on the roof of the world. The expedition travelled in a convoy of eight jeeps over roads that were rarely paved and occasionally...
| Основен автор: | Terry, Bill, 1935- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Victoria, BC :
TouchWood Editions,
℗♭2012.
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| Резюме: |
The story of a remarkable journey that Bill Terry and his wife, Rosemary, undertook when they joined a party of Dutch and British alpine plant hunters intent on botanizing on the roof of the world. The expedition travelled in a convoy of eight jeeps over roads that were rarely paved and occasionally terrifying. They crossed fifteen passes, some as high as 5,000 metres (16,500 feet), where even in midsummer, the wind scoured exposed skin. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource |
| ISBN: |
9781927129388 1927129389 9781927129371 1927129370 |