The Hunt for the Buru

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 176 pages
• Published by: Linden Publishing April 1, 2001
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0941936651
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0941936651
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 12.2 ounces

Product Description
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 Yeti, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness monster, has captured the imagination of adventurers around the world, and remains a popular subject of cryptozoology—the study of animals yet to be discovered by science. Recalled in vivid detail are treks through hazardous swamplands filled with cobras and leeches, and campaigns through perilous jungles where thumbnail-sized ticks and wild boar are indigenous, all in the hunt for the legendary saurian.


About The Author
Ralph Izzard was an adventurer and a foreign correspondent for the London Daily Mail. He is the author of The Abominable Snowman Adventure.


Reader Reviews
If you are farmiliar with the subjectmatter of the Buru, then you already know that the this book will not end with the author capturing the creature and solving the mystery. This book is an honest and interesting narrative of a 1940's trek into the jungle. It's very much a travelouge, sort of the day to day events that occur on such a trip. It is slightly dated, and like I said, they don't find the beast. Still, I give the author points for honesty, and it is an overall good natured account. Anyone who has a serious interest ion cryptozoology would like this book.