No One Loved Gorillas More: Dian Fossey: Letters from the Mist
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0792293444 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Beautiful Book About a Beautiful Person" according to John Matlock. The words "No One Loved Gorillas More" are the words put on Dian Fossey's tombstone after she was murdered. This book is her eulogy. It is composed of letters she wrote between 1966 and her death two days after Christmas, 1985. The letters are combined with more than a hundred color photographs of she and a reverential story . Dedicated Woman E. A Gallaher Diane Fossey has been one of my female science heroes ever since I was a little girl. This book gives an interesting view of Diane as a person. She was super dedicated to the Gorillas, but also had many personal demons. If you wanted an introspective view of this legend, I recommend this beautiful book.. Letters? Knowledge Contagion There is no doubt that is a beautiful, well written book. But I was expecting a LOT more letters - instead, what I got was scant letters with much biographical filler. As much as I enjoyed this book, I was very disappointed at how many letters were included and how edited they apparently were (the reader got the chance to see
Donna SeamanCopyright © American Library Association. This poignant assemblage reveals both the intense joy and immense suffering Fossey experienced during her 18-year sojourn among Rwanda's mountain gorillas, whose descendents, in spite of all the horrors that have transpired, live on in their misty, and vigilantly protected, rain forests. All rights reserved. From Booklist *Starred Review* It's been more than 20 years since the publication of Gorillas in the Mist, Dian Fossey's indelible account of her adventures among the mountain gorillas of the Virguna volcanoes of Rwanda--and since her unsolved murder--and her story remains as compelling as ever. One of Louis Leakey's "Trimates," along with orangu
Camilla de la Bidoyhre (author) has lived and taught in Kenya, and has written books on natural history, examining life on Earth and the ethical questions posed by our relationship with its other inhabitants.Kevin Mulroy, Ph.D., is Associate University Librarian for Academic Services, UCLA Library, and author of Freedom on the Border: The Seminole Maroons in Florida, the Indian Territory, Coahuila, and Texas.Bob Campbell is a photographer and cinematographer who has documente
Presents a collection of letters written by Dian Fossey that captures her spirit, activism, setbacks, and triumphs during the eighteen years she spent studying and preserving mountain gorillas.