harkness, ruth

In 1934, Ruth Harkness had never seen a panda. Few people in the world had. But two years later, despite her friends' concern, she traveled to the Chinese wilderness to fulfill her late husband's goal: bringing a panda to the United States.

Presents an account of New York socialite Ruth Harkness's expedition to China in 1936, during which she became the first American explorer to capture a baby panda and return it to the U.S., where it was put on display at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo.

Presents an account of New York socialite Ruth Harkness's expedition to China in 1936, during which she became the first American explorer to capture a baby panda and return it to the U.S., where it was put on display at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo.

An illustrated account of Ruth Harkness' journey to China and up the Yangtze River, where she discovered a baby panda she named Su Lin.