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One of the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural world, GORILLAS IN THE MIST is the riveting account of Dian Fossey's thirteen years in a remote African rain forest with the greatest of the great apes. Fossey's extraordinary efforts to ensure the future of the rain forest and its remaining mountain gorillas are captured in her own words and in candid photographs of this fascinating endangered species. As only she could, Fossey combined her personal adventure story with groundbreaking scientific reporting in an unforgettable portrait of one of our closest primate relatives. Although Fossey's work ended tragically in her murder, GORILLAS IN THE MIST remains an invaluable testament to one of the longest-running field studies of primates and reveals her undying passion for her subject.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 599.88415
EAN: 9780618083602
ISBN: 061808360X
Label: Mariner Books
Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2000-10-06
Publisher: Mariner Books
Studio: Mariner Books


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Gorillas in the Mist
• In the Shadow of Man
• Mountain Gorilla (IMAX)
• No One Loved Gorillas More: Dian Fossey: Letters from the Mist
• My Life with the Chimpanzees


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Summary: Dian Fossey: Gorillas in the Mist
Comment: Gorillas in the Mist is one of the best books ever. Period. Dian Fossey was a great woman who wanted to save the very mountain gorillas that she loved and protected from poachers.

This book is a must have for those who want to learn about this great woman and the magnificent cretures she studied for nearly 20 years. I highly recommend this book. Buy it now and enjoy!

Trust me, you will have a reat time with this fantastic book of a dedicated woman and the Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda.
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Summary: Excellent
Comment: Saw the movie and wanted to hear the real story. Very real story - full of emotion and passion. Sad, happy, funny, intriguing, and more. Very interesting, even to a layman. Makes me want to know more. Fantastic read!
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Summary: Vivid account of everyday lives of gorilla families
Comment: This book details the everyday lives of the a few mountain gorilla families as observed by Dian Fossey. She lived in the forest of Rwanda and Congo for more than a decade to study the gorillas.

Gorillas, one of humankind's closest relatives, are highly socialized animals. They live in groups that are formed and strengthened by kinship ties. Each individual has a role in the group and needs to constantly resolve conflicts within the group. Since each animal was given a name, the gorilla observations are like their stories. And indeed, their mating behavior, ways to enhance and defend their social status, and their heroism when defending the group against aggression, are much like that of a human society.

Dian Fossey pointed out the injustice done to the gorillas when their young were captured for display in a zoo. The capture of one baby gorilla often results in the death of several other gorillas (in many cases the whole family) as gorillas will fight to death to defend their young.

The book is technical with numerous references. It also entertaining and thought provoking.
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Summary: Fascinating and Wonderful
Comment: Gorillas in the Mist is a fascinating and wonderful book about Dian Fossey and her studies of the mountain gorillas. Dian went to Africa in the 60's and set up camp there to study and trail the gorillas. In this book she recounts how she decided to study gorillas and how she got to follow her dream. The book follows the various gorilla groups she follows and the behaviors that she was able to observe.

B/c Dian was not a classically trained anthropologist a lot of her observations of the gorillas are compared to what human actions or feelings these may mirror. The book also is a highlights sort of book that summarizes her almost 2 decades studying these amazing animals. Although I found the book highly enjoyable and interesting I did get tried of it in the end, b/c the stories about the gorillas seemed repetitious.

Dian does touch up on the poaching and problems she had but I don't think in her novel she emphasized how dangerous the poachers were and how dangerous her actions to thwart them were. She was murdered and probably by these poachers.

I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in Dian Fossey and gorillas. It is a fascinating look at gorillas in their natural environment and a woman whose quest it was to save them.

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Summary: Murder in the Mist Solved?
Comment: After more than 15 years, the mastermind behind the gruesome and infamous murder of renowned gorilla researcher and protector, Dr. Dian Fossey whose life was portrayed in the 1988 movie "Gorillas in the Mist," may finally be in custody in Belgium. Protais Zigiranyirazo, the former Governor of the Ruhengeri province in Rwanda, brother-in-law of the assassinated Rwandan president, and one of the country's most wanted criminals for his creation of "death squads," which killed 800,000 in 1994, was captured by Belgian police while trying to flee Kenya on June 9, 2001.

Dr. Fossey observed the gorillas for 18 years in the Ruhengeri province when she was brutally murdered in her hut on December 27, 1985. Known for her vigilant pursuit of poachers, Dr. Fossey had made many enemies including Zigiranyirazo, who, it was reported, she was about to announce publicly as being behind poaching and smuggling rings of endangered species and gold in and out of Rwanda. Soon after her murder, Rwandan officials arrested one of her trackers for the murder. He then "apparently" committed suicide while in prison, but diplomats in Kigali believe he was secretly hanged before he could talk. Several months later, Wayne McGuire, her American research assistant, was accused by the Government of her murder but escaped capture when the US embassy warned him, enabling him to leave the country.

For years the FBI was unable to approach its prime suspect, Zigiranyirazo, because of his political connections, but that all changed when he was arrested in Belgium for war crimes.

The saga of Dian Fossey's murder may soon be resolved, but her work for the gorillas she fought so hard to preserve still goes on. The following story, reprinted from the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, is of Beetsme, one of the original gorillas observed by Dr. Fossey over 25 years ago.

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