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A REPORTER AT LARGE about endangered cranes in Asia, especially species in the Amur River basin. Writer travels to southesternmost Siberia, for a …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about a foot safari made by the writer in September, 1979, in the far south of the Selous Game Reserve, in Tanzania. He went with Brian …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about a walking journey in the Himalayan mountains to the Crystal Monatery in northwest Nepal near the Tibetan frontier. Writer's …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about a journey, beginning in late Sept., 1973, to the Crystal Mountain. Writer walked west under Annapurna and north along the Kali …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the East African Bush people, the Hadza, many of whom still live in the wild near Yaida Chini, Tanzania. Tells about the different …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the wildlife of the Serengeti in East Africa. Tells about the problems of poaching, for food & profit. To contain the natural …
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Part 2 of Peter Matthiessen’s Profile of Cesar Chavez discusses the organizer’s youth as a farm worker, in California, his program of nonviolence, and the foundation of the United Farm Workers.
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Part 1 of Peter Matthiessen’s Profile of the organizer discusses Chavez’s launch of the grape workers’ boycott, headquartered in Delano, California, his month-long fast, and his visit with Robert F. Kennedy.
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REPORTER AT LARGE about a visit to Grand Cayman, remote island in the Caribbean & a turtle fishing Voyage to the Miskito Bank on the ship Lydia E. Wilson, …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about "an uncomfortable, perhaps foolish journey of nearly a thousand miles along Peru's jungle rivers." Plans for the expedition …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about a journey from Brasilia, across the Brazilian jungles, to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Author made a trip to Bananal Island. …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about a journey by ship up the Amazon river, through the 2 1/2 million square miles of the region called Amazonas - the basin of the …