{"product_id":"9780316232876","title":"The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning author's quest to find and understand a creature as rare and enigmatic as any on Earth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1992, in a remote mountain range, a team of scientists discovered the remains of an unusual animal with exquisite long horns. It turned out to be a living species new to Western science—a saola, the first large land mammal discovered in fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRare then and rarer now, a live saola had never been glimpsed by a Westerner in the wild when Pulitzer Prize finalist and nature writer William deBuys and conservation biologist William Robichaud set off to search for it in central Laos. Their team endured a punishing trek up and down white-water rivers and through mountainous terrain ribboned with the snare lines of armed poachers who roamed the forest, stripping it of wildlife. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Bruce Chatwin, Colin Thubron, and Peter Matthiessen, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Unicorn \u003c\/i\u003echronicles deBuys's journey deep into one of the world's most remote places. It's a story rich with the joys and sorrows of an expedition into undiscovered country, pursuing a species as rare and elusive as the fabled unicorn. As is true with the quest for the unicorn, in the end the expedition becomes a search for something more: the essence of wildness in nature, evidence that the soul of a place can endure, and the transformative power of natural beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010156380400,"sku":"9780316232876","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780316232876_p0.jpg?v=1763680043","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780316232876","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}