Gorilla Dreams The Legacy Of Dian Fossey

Author : Georgianne Nienaber
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595820535

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GORILLA DREAMS: The Legacy of Dian Fossey by Georgianne Nienaber Pdf

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 : Jane A. Schott
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822589259

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Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas by Jane A. Schott Pdf

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 : Jill Menkes Kushner
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1598451170

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Who on Earth is Dian Fossey? by Jill Menkes Kushner Pdf

"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 : Farley Mowat
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781551993249

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Gorillas in the Mist by Farley Mowat Pdf

Originally titled Virunga, this is the story of Dian Fossey, the mountain gorillas’ greatest champion and martyr. Based on Fossey’s personal papers and on interviews with her colleagues, friends, and enemies, Gorillas in the Mist reveals one woman’s passion for life — and the creatures who share it with us.

Author : Robin Santos Doak
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : Gorilla
ISBN : 9781406283419

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Dian Fossey by Robin Santos Doak Pdf

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 : Corinne J. Naden,Rose Blue
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761325697

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Dian Fossey by Corinne J. Naden,Rose Blue Pdf

Profiles the life of the scientist who studied mountain gorillas in central Africa and worked to ensure their survival.

Author : Diane Dakers
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778725634

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Dian Fossey by Diane Dakers Pdf

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 : László Erdős
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783030318062

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Green Heroes by László Erdős Pdf

This book provides an introduction into the diversity of the environmental movement through great characters in the green sector. The book describes inspiring personal achievements, and at the same time it provides readers with information regarding the history, the main directions and the ethical principles of the environmental movement. Some of the most important characters of the movement from all around the world, are included in the book. As well as the title characters, Buddha and Leonardo DiCaprio, other famous environmentalists like Albert Schweitzer, David Attenborough and Jane Goodall are discussed. Some of the less well-known but equally important environmentalists such as Chico Mendes, Bruno Manser, Henry Spira, Tom Regan or Rossano Ercolini are highlighted in the various chapters. The selection of characters represents all major branches within the green sector, ranging from medieval saints to Hollywood celebrities, from university professors to field activists, from politicians to philosophers, from ecofeminists to radicals.

Author : Dian Fossey
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 061808360X

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Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey Pdf

Presents thirteen years of field research on the endangered mountain gorilla of the African rain forest.

Author : Camilla De la Bédoyère,Dian Fossey
Publisher : Raincoast Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Gorilla
ISBN : 9781551927978

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No One Loved Gorillas More by Camilla De la Bédoyère,Dian Fossey Pdf

Author : Richard Wood,Sara Wood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Gorilla
ISBN : 0431104743

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Dian Fossey by Richard Wood,Sara Wood Pdf

A biography of Diane Fossey. As well as providing a full life story and analysis of her work, it places her achievements in context by looking at the technological and historical context of the time. The book includes quotes and writings from newspapers and journals of the time; a look at the ongoing impact of her work; and information about her rivals and the men and women who affected her life and work.

Author : Wil Mara
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0531120597

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Dian Fossey by Wil Mara Pdf

Profiles the life of the scientist who studied mountain gorillas in central Africa and worked to ensure their survival.

Author : Sy Montgomery
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781603582445

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Walking with the Great Apes by Sy Montgomery Pdf

2017 is the 50th anniversary of The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda. Three astounding women scientists have in recent years penetrated the jungles of Africa and Borneo to observe, nurture, and defend humanity's closest cousins. Jane Goodall has worked with the chimpanzees of Gombe for nearly 50 years; Diane Fossey died in 1985 defending the mountain gorillas of Rwanda; and Biruté Galdikas lives in intimate proximity to the orangutans of Borneo. All three began their work as protégées of the great Anglo-African archeologist Louis Leakey, and each spent years in the field, allowing the apes to become their familiars--and ultimately waging battles to save them from extinction in the wild. Their combined accomplishments have been mind-blowing, as Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas forever changed how we think of our closest evolutionary relatives, of ourselves, and of how to conduct good science. From the personal to the primate, Sy Montgomery--acclaimed author of The Soul of an Octopus and The Good Good Pig--explores the science, wisdom, and living experience of three of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century.

Author : Farley Mowat
Publisher : London : Macdonald
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Gorilla
ISBN : PSU:000017512206

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Woman in the Mists by Farley Mowat Pdf

Deep in the volcano country of central Africa live some of the rarest, most intriguing animals on earth -- the mountain gorillas. Here, in the mist-shrouded forests, Dian Fossey courageously dedicated her life to studying them. Here she patiently waited until the luminous-eyed gorillas accepted her presence, hugged her, and loved her...while she fought for their survival against poachers, callous researchers, zoo collectors, and local bureaucrats. And here, surrounded by these enemies, she died, mysteriously and brutally murdered. Now, one of the world's most respected naturalist writers draws for the first time ever on Dian Fossey's personal writings to reveal the true story of a magnificent obsession...one woman's enormous empathy for a highly intelligent, desperately endangered animal -- and how it ruled her life, her work, and her heart.

Author : Heidi Moore
Publisher : Raintree Publishers
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Gorilla
ISBN : 0431044805

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Dian Fossey by Heidi Moore Pdf

A series looking at great scientists, naturalists, inventors and women leaders. Progressive levels of reading difficulty motivate students to read at a higher level