Fifty-two years after the pink-headed duck was last seen in the wild, Nugent set off for India in search of this rarest of birds. His quest sends him to Calcutta, Sikkim, Darjeeling, and Assam where he is the first person to paddle the Brahmaputra from Burma to Bangladesh, and along the way he realizes that what he searches for is not as important as what he has found along the way.
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Fifty-two years after the pink-headed duck was last seen in the wild, Nugent set off for India in search of this rarest of birds. His quest sends him to Calcutta, Sikkim, Darjeeling, and Assam where he is the first person to paddle the Brahmaputra from Burma to Bangladesh, and along the way he realizes that what he searches for is not as important as what he has found along the way.
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Very Good. Size: 88x12x132; The pink-headed duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea) is a large diving duck that was once found in parts of the Gangetic plains of India, parts of Maharashtra, Bangladesh and in the riverine swamps of Myanmar but feared extinct since the 1950s. Numerous searches have failed to provide any proof of continued existence. It has been suggested that it may exist in the inaccessible swamp regions of northern Myanmar and some sight reports from that region have led to its status being declared as "Critically Endangered" rather than extinct. Of all the hardships a traveler might face--war, plague, earthquakes, bad potato salad--few are as daunting as dealing with the Indian civil service. So we learn from Rory Nugent, a journalist and sailor who got it in his head some years ago that he had to catch a glimpse of Rhodonessa caryophyllacea, the Himalayan pink-headed duck last seen in 1935. Having finally made his way through the Calcutta bureaucracy to obtain a visa to northwestern India, Nugent was obliged to survive encounters with pirates, Gurkha separatists, Tantrist necrophiliacs, a curse on his head, suspect food, a raft trip down the malarial Brahmaputra River, and an endless-loop cassette of Jethro Tull's greatest hits. Nugent may or may not have spotted his duck by journey's end (his sighting is unconfirmed), but in this amusing and eventful account, the search for the creature is a worthy end in itself.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 17x94x137; The pink-headed duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea) is a large diving duck that was once found in parts of the Gangetic plains of India, parts of Maharashtra, Bangladesh and in the riverine swamps of Myanmar but feared extinct since the 1950s. Numerous searches have failed to provide any proof of continued existence. It has been suggested that it may exist in the inaccessible swamp regions of northern Myanmar and some sight reports from that region have led to its status being declared as "Critically Endangered" rather than extinct. Of all the hardships a traveler might face--war, plague, earthquakes, bad potato salad--few are as daunting as dealing with the Indian civil service. So we learn from Rory Nugent, a journalist and sailor who got it in his head some years ago that he had to catch a glimpse of Rhodonessa caryophyllacea, the Himalayan pink-headed duck last seen in 1935. Having finally made his way through the Calcutta bureaucracy to obtain a visa to northwestern India, Nugent was obliged to survive encounters with pirates, Gurkha separatists, Tantrist necrophiliacs, a curse on his head, suspect food, a raft trip down the malarial Brahmaputra River, and an endless-loop cassette of Jethro Tull's greatest hits. Nugent may or may not have spotted his duck by journey's end (his sighting is unconfirmed), but in this amusing and eventful account, the search for the creature is a worthy end in itself.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. Quarter cloth binding. 222pp. Photos. Very nice unclipped jacket in a protective mylar cover that is taped over boards. A Journey into the Himalayas and down the Brahmaputra. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
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As New in As New jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? -9? " tall; Type: Hardback It's true-he was looking for a pink-headed duck, last seen in the wild in 1935 (See Plate following page 116). First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket AS NEW. Mylar jacket cover. Photographic illustrations. Roy Nugent headed for India to find this rarest of birds--to New Delhi where he was befriended by a Cambridge educated smuggler; to Skiim where he got lost in the Valley of Bliss; to Darjeeling--and an axperience with Gurkha guerrillas-and on to Assam where he bought a skiff and became the first person to paddle the Brahmaputra from Burma to Bangladesh--well, there is more, but this sets the tone for a very exciting journey. And did he find the duck? 222 pages. 5.75 x 8.25. 1991, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Add this copy of Search for the Pink-Headed Duck to cart. $19.11, very good condition, Sold by Napa Bookmine rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Napa, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Houghton Mifflin.
