BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature
Guides
Criticism & Essays Criticism &
Essays
Questions & Answers Questions &
Answers
Lesson Plans Lesson
Plans
My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help


Search "SIKKIM HIMALAYA"

Navigation

SIKKIM HIMALAYA

About 4 pages (1,300 words)

The Spectator, January 3rd, 2004

SIKKIM HIMALAYA by David Lang Pomegranate Press, £29.95, pp.200 ISBN 0953349373

Friends in high places

David Lang first heard about the Himalayas when he was a little boy. As his father read aloud from the works of the great botanical explorers - Reginald Farrer, Frank Kingdon-Ward, and 'Chinese' Wilson - he imagined the high mountains and the flower-filled valleys. Above all, he longed to see the yaks: 'there was something about yaks which appealed to a small child'.

When he grew up, David Lang became a vet with a busy practice in Sussex. He is also an accomplished field naturalist, equal...

HighBeam Research, Free Preview: 'SIKKIM HIMALAYA'... Full Membership required for unlimited access. Free 7-day trial.

Subscribers: HighBeam content is only available to HighBeam subscribers. Click the link above for more information.

Content Partner
Tennant, Emma. The Spectator, January 3rd, 2004. SIKKIM HIMALAYA. Content provided by HighBeam Research.



Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy