The Hunt for the Buru

by Ralph Izzard

Book Overview

This firsthand account of a 1948 journey to a treacherous valley in northern India in search of a mysterious creature is both a classic travel adventure and a graphic record of an amazing expedition. The book chronicles the group's movement into a remote valley in Assam, where the inhabitants had only recently given up headhunting, on a quest for the Buru--an elusive, monstrous reptile well documented by those native to the area. The Buru, like the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941936651
• ISBN13: 9780941936651
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Craven Street Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"