Vicki Constantine Croke books

The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal (2006)

I love reading about the exploits of interesting people traversing parts of the world I’ve never seen, and this exuberant biography of a Manhattan dress designer turned international explorer held me rapt with one caveat that I’ll explain at the end. Ruth Harkness did not come from a wealthy, sop...