Personal interviews and solid research about the individuals before, during, and many years after the "chase" contribute to this captivating biography. Gutsy Ruth Harkness got a baby panda, fodder for a book, the drive to be a lifelong adventurer, and a broken heart after a month with Quentin. The true tale, however, lies in the relationship of those doing the chasing, in particular, Quentin Young, a neophyte naturalist in China who was challenged by his older brother, Jack Young, a celebrated expeditionist, to build a reputation by guiding an American woman through the bamboo thickets in Sichuan to capture the animal. From School Library JournalĪdult/High School-The excitement and, depending on readers' sensitivity about hunting, the gore that surrounded one panda's journey from its natural habitat to an Illinois zoo in 1936 are part of this story. This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. As he puts it, "Quentin Young is the last specimen of an endangered species: the early twentieth century explorer-adventurer-naturalist." Readers interested in either this or the more traditional kind of endangered species will enjoy this well-researched, nuanced tale.Ĭopyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. At the same time, the author obviously admires Quentin, though he's aware how unfashionable and morally dubious his lifestyle as a hunter is considered today. Once Chicago's Brookfield Zoo bought Harkness's panda, other zoos began to covet their own specimens, setting off a legacy of panda hunting that led to the animals' becoming endangered. and Kermit, had made a sport of hunting them. In the 1930s, only a handful of Westerners had seen these animals, and swashbucklers such as Theodore Roosevelt's sons, Ted Jr. At the time of the expedition, the Young brothers and Harkness knew little about pandas (Quentin actually admits that he hated them), and Kiefer doesn't whitewash the cruelty of their mission. Kiefer first met Quentin in the late 1980s and spoke with both brothers (by then estranged), though he spent more time with Quentin. Kiefer, a freelance writer and former Outside magazine editor, tells the story of Quentin and Jack Young, dashing naturalists and adventurers. Wealthy American widow Ruth Harkness became famous in 1936 for bringing the first live giant panda to the United States, but little has been known about the two Chinese-American hunters who led Harkness on her trek through the Sichuan mountains in search of the panda. About: Chasing the Panda From Publishers Weekly
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