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A forest in the clouds : my year among the mountain gorillas in the remote enclave of Dian Fossey / John Fowler.
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- Author(s): Fowler, John
- Language:
English- Publication Information:
New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.- Publication Date:
2018- Physical Description:
xx, 391 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm- Publication Type:
Book- Document Type:
Non-fiction- Subject Terms:
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- Availability: 3 Holdings
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- Publication Information: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Abstract: Summary: A zoologist's portrait of Dr. Dian Fossey's remarkable mountain gorilla camp documents the story of the controversial unraveling of the Rwandan facility after Fossey's murder and the author's contributions to tracking mountain gorillas through hostile terrain, confronting aggressive silverbacks and rehabilitating orphaned baby gorillas.
- Content Notes: A view from a tree -- My own vision of the wild -- Into Rwanda -- Through the Mille Collines -- Karisoke welcome -- A cruel climb -- Un-settling in -- Gorilla communion -- Gorilla without a name -- The empty cabin -- It's N'gee! -- Lockdown -- A sad goodbye -- The poacher patrol -- Nyamuragira -- A man a plan a gorilla Dian -- The bivouac -- A near-death experience -- Siku ya Uhuru! -- Kima kufa -- A break in the clouds -- Dian returns -- Dian's friend -- Gorilla murder -- Nairobi -- Dian's foe -- Going bush -- Gray winter home -- The ruins.
- Notes: Includes index.
1 3 5 - ISBN: 9781681776330
1681776332 - Accession Number: 992567897
- Accession Number: ccp.1031603
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- Branch: Main Library - Non-Fiction Area
- Call Number: 599.884 FOWLER
- Branch: Mt. Pleasant Library - Non-Fiction Area
- Call Number: 599.884 FOWLER
- Branch: St. Andrews Library - Non-Fiction Area
- Call Number: 599.884 FOWLER
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