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2015 National Outdoor Book Award Winner:Design & Artistic MeritA collection of unparalleled photographsspanning forty years and seven continentsby one of the worlds foremost wildlife photographers. Capturing the splendor of wild places and intimate moments with animals, this luxurious volume chronicles legendary nature photographer Thomas D. Mangelsens photographic adventures in the field. Driven by a passion for sharing and preserving the Earths last great wild places, Mangelsen is as much a conservationist as a natural history photographer and artist. From majestic elephants and giraffes on the plains of Kilimanjaro to polar bears in the Arctic, and from mountains and prairies to primordial jungles, Mangelsen invites us to witness fleeting wildness. A quiet call to action, an inventory of our planet as it battles climate change, and a celebration of wildness and its intrinsic value, The Last Great Wild Places is a record of the Earths last great locales, one that will inspire present and future generations with the message that what we have can, and must, be saved.