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Author | : Jane A. Schott |
Publisher | : Millbrook Press |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2011-08-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0822589257 |
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Dian Fossey was fascinated with the sad plight of the mountain gorilla and went to Africa. She imitated the gorillas' sounds and habits and came to know them individually. After several of her favorite gorillas were killed, she became impassioned about stopping the poaching and the destruction of the gorillas' natural habitat. Her research and her book, Gorillas in the Mist, led to current efforts to protect this endangered species.
Author | : Dian Fossey |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780618083602 |
Download Gorillas in the Mist Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Presents thirteen years of field research on the endangered mountain gorilla of the African rain forest.
Author | : John Fowler |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 551 |
Release | : 2018-02-06 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1681776995 |
Download A Forest in the Clouds Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
For the first time, a riveting insider's account of the fascinating world of Dr. Dian Fossey’s mountain gorilla camp, telling the often-shocking story of the unraveling of Fossey’s Rwandan facility alongside adventures tracking mountain gorillas over hostile terrain, confronting aggressive silverbacks, and rehabilitating orphaned baby gorillas. In A Forest in the Clouds, John Fowler takes us into the world of Karisoke Research Center, the remote mountain gorilla camp of Dr. Dian Fossey, a few years prior to her gruesome murder. Drawn to the adventure and promise of learning the science of studying mountain gorillas amid the beauty of Central Africa’s cloud forest, Fowler soon learns the cold harsh realities of life inside Fossey’s enclave ten thousand feet up in the Virunga Volcanoes. Instead of the intrepid scientist he had admired in the pages of National Geographic, Fowler finds a chain-smoking, hard-drinking woman bullying her staff into submission. While pressures mount from powers beyond Karisoke in an effort to extricate Fossey from her domain of thirteen years, she brings new students in to serve her most pressing need—to hang on to the remote research camp that has become her mountain home. Increasingly bizarre behavior has targeted Fossey for extrication by an ever-growing group of detractors—from conservation and research organizations to the Rwandan government. Amid the turmoil, Fowler must abandon his own research assignments to assuage the troubled Fossey as she orders him on illegal treks across the border into Zaire, over volcanoes, in search of missing gorillas, and to serve as surrogate parent to an orphaned baby ape in preparation for its traumatic re-introduction into a wild gorilla group. This riveting story is the only first-person account from inside Dian Fossey’s beleaguered camp. Fowler must come to grips with his own aspirations, career objectives, and disappointments as he develops the physical endurance to keep up with mountain gorillas over volcanic terrain in icy downpours above ten thousand feet, only to be affronted by the frightening charges of indignant giant silverbacks or to be treed by aggressive forest buffalos. Back in camp, he must nurture the sensitivity and patience needed for the demands of rehabilitating an orphaned baby gorilla. A Forest in the Clouds takes the armchair adventurer on a journey into an extraordinary world that now only exists in the memories of the very few who knew it.
Author | : Bill Weber |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2002-12-03 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0743200071 |
Download In the Kingdom of Gorillas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Chronicles the attempts of the authors to protect and study the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, discussing the foundation of the Mountain Gorilla Project as well as the ecological and political situation of Rwanda.
Author | : Jill Menkes Kushner |
Publisher | : Enslow Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 2009-07-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781598451177 |
Download Who on Earth is Dian Fossey? Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Details Dian Fossey's life, with chapters devoted to her early years, life, work, writings, and legacy, as well as how children can follow in her footsteps"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Diane Dakers |
Publisher | : Crabtree Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2016-04-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780778725633 |
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For nearly two decades, Dian Fossey immersed herself in the study of mountain gorillas in Africa. She became known as a highly respected primatologista scientist who studies apes and other primatesand a fiercely devoted champion of their safety and preservation. Fossey had made powerful enemies because of her opposition to the gorilla-related tourism industry and her knowledge of animal trafficking among members of the government. In 1985, she was found murdered in her cabin in Rwanda. The case remains unsolved to this day, but her intense love for this endangered species helped create a legacy that survives in the work of others to this day.
Author | : Georgianne Nienaber |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2006-02-21 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0595820530 |
Download Gorilla Dreams: the Legacy of Dian Fossey Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Imagine that murdered primatologist Dr. Dian Fossey of Gorillas in the Mist fame were alive today and able to reflect upon her death as well as her legacy. This is the impetus behind author Georgianne Nienaber's compelling work, Gorilla Dreams: The Legacy of Dian Fossey. At the beginning of Gorilla Dreams, Fossey attends her own funeral and watches her murdered gorillas interacting with the graveside bystanders. She establishes a new relationship with the slain gorilla Digit, who acts as her guide after death as she carefully reviews her life, its challenges, successes, hardships, and the ultimate closure of her murder. Although Fossey's death is officially unsolved, recently released documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, as well as testimony from the International War Crimes Tribunal proceedings, offer new suspects, motives, and opportunities. Every fact about Fossey's life is meticulously annotated. However, the setting of her conversations with the murdered gorillas is obviously fictional, yet steeped in African tradition. Gorilla Dreams: The Legacy of Dian Fossey is a biographical interpretation of the famed primatologist's life that honors the African belief that the dead live on in spiritual form.
Author | : Corinne J. Naden |
Publisher | : Lerner Publications |
Total Pages | : 54 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780761325697 |
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Profiles the life of the scientist who studied mountain gorillas in central Africa and worked to ensure their survival.
Author | : Robin S. Doak |
Publisher | : Capstone Classroom |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2014-07-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1484604733 |
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This book takes an engaging look at the work of ground-breaking conservationist, Dian Fossey, and her work with mountain gorillas. It covers Fossey's inspiration, her methods, findings, and the impact of her work in Africa.
Author | : Harold Hayes |
Publisher | : Touchstone Books |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780671742317 |
Download The Dark Romance of Dian Fossey Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Traces the remarkable life of the controversial primatologist, detailing her relationship with Louis Leakey, her stormy experiences in defending the gorillas she studied, and the circumstances surrounding her brutal, still unsolved murder