The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal

Recounts the remarkable true-life adventures of Ruth Harness, an American bohemian socialite and dress designer, who, in 1936, ventured into one of the most dangerous, unexplored regions of the world on a quest--which had already cost many lives--to bring back the first live giant panda to reach the West. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.