A forest in the clouds : my year among the mountain gorillas in the remote enclave of Dian Fossey
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Author
Fowler, John
Published
New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First Pegasus books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 391 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Main Library - Adult
599.884 Fow
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Published
New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
Edition
First Pegasus books cloth edition.
Language
English

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"February 2018"--Title page verso.
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Includes index.
Description
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.

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Fossey, Dian.
Fowler, John -- (John Daniel) -- Travel -- Rwanda.
Gorilla -- Behavior.
Gorilla -- Conservation -- Rwanda.
Gorilla -- Rwanda.
Karisoke Research Center.
Mountain gorilla.
Primatology -- Rwanda.
Zoology -- Research -- Rwanda.