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003 OCoLC
005 20181217002746.0
008 180601s2018 nyu e b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2018026430
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019 _a1065526573
020 _a9781250128096
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035 _a(OCoLC)1040080673
_z(OCoLC)1065526573
042 _apcc
092 _a597.92
_bL373
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aLaufer, Peter,
_d1950-
_eauthor.
_9259427
245 1 0 _aDreaming in Turtle :
_bA Journey Through the Passion, Profit, and Peril of Our Most Coveted Prehistoric Creatures /
_cPeter Laufer ; foreword by Richard Branson.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSt. Martin's Press,
_c2018.
300 _axi, 290 pages ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
546 _aText in English.
500 _a"November 2018"--Title page verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-277) and index.
505 0 _aPrologue: Operating instructions for the journalist -- The majestic turtle -- The timeless allure -- The voracious consumers -- The tawdry marketplaces -- The prodigious farms -- The illicit hunts -- The wiley smugglers -- The frustrated cops -- The pitiful casualties -- The conflicted public and the dedicated conservationists -- The imminent future -- Epilogue: A call to action.
520 _a"Traces the ongoing challenges to endangered turtle populations, evaluating the global trade practices, limited supply, and increasing demand in high-population world regions that have compromised conservation efforts." --
_c(Source of summary not specified)
650 0 _aTurtles
_xEffect of human beings on.
_9380837
650 0 _aTurtles
_xConservation
_xSocial aspects.
_9380838
994 _aC0
_bNFG
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