Stones of Silence, Journeys in the Himalaya, by George B. Schaller

Hardcover with DC, 292 pages, some bw Plates, London 1980, very good

292pp., index, 6 maps, appendix, 14 photos. Dr. Schaller writes, "Pen and camera are weapons against oblivion. If this book has a main purpose, it is to induce others to care for the dying mountain world of the Himalaya". The author was the director of Conservation for the N.Y. Zoological Society & a biologist. This work covers the learned scholar's study of the fauna found in the mountains of the Himalaya, & Central Asian ranges. He addresses the wild sheep, mouflon, urial, chiru, siaga, aoludad, blue sheep, Marco Polo sheep, ibex, tahar, takin, mountain goat, Kashmir markhor, muskox, serow, chamois et al.

Autor: George B. Schaller
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