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Gorillas In The Mist Paperback – October 6, 2000

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The inspiration for the Academy Award–nominated film, 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 unforegettable portrait of one of our closest primate relatives.

Although Fossey's work ended tragically with 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.
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"A fascinating combination of breathtaking adventure and absolute devotion to a cause." -- Farley Mowat —

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Dian Fossey was born in 1932 and is widely regarded as one of the most dedicated preservationists in history. Her life ended with her murder in 1985, which is still unsolved.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mariner Books; 1st Mariner Books Ed edition (October 6, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 061808360X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0618083602
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 14 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1 x 8 inches
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I was truly disappointed in the printing quality of this book. I have never seen words split up in unnatural ways and missing letters within the first few pages of the book along with spelling errors.Whomever, was in charge of printing this particular piece handled their quaility control terribly.My daughter did her history report on Dian Fossey and this book was going to be used as a visiual but it fell short of our expectations.
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Summeroz
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and Wonderful
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2006
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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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HeiHei
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2024
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Great customer service with this company. Very please with the condition of this book despite its age. Well preserved old copy of a very important book. Well done. Thank you.
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Betty
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and sad story of these magnificent creatures
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2019
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I loved learning about Dian Fossey, her work with the gorillas and about the gorillas themselves and their different personalities. It was also fascinating and sad to learn about so many issues countries with wild animals have to face, from poaching, habitat infringement and capture for zoos.
I read this book before traveling to Rwanda to see the Gorillas written about in her book. I felt reading the book was extremely helpful. I was able to appreciate the environment in which these animals live, observe their relationships more closely and see where Dian Fossey lived for so long. I would highly recommend reading this book if anyone is interested in wildlife conservation but especially before visiting the gorillas in their natural environment. The people of Rwanda are wonderful, friendly and very helpful not to mention very poor. Their country is stunning and very clean. Visiting Rwanda was a wonderful experience.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fossey, Fierce Advocate for Gorillas
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2011
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From 1966 until her death in 1985 Dian Fossey studied the mountain gorillas of the Virunga mountains which extend along the borders of Zaire(known today as the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Rwanda and Uganda. Gorillas in the Mist is Fossey's chronicle of her time spent with the gorillas from 1966 until it was published in 1983.

She began her studies in Zaire but was expelled in 1967 and spent the rest of her time in Rwanda at their national Parc des Volcans at the Karisoke Research Centre which Fossey established. Fossey states "one of the greatest drawbacks of the Virungas is that it is shared by three countries each of which has problems far more urgent than the protection of wild animals."

Gorillas in the Mist provides not just a wonderful picture and insight into the lives of the gorillas, but into the mind of this rare woman who worked with them. Dian was an uncompromising forest who fought like a tiger about what she believed in and held others who she worked with to the same high standard. She typed her field notes on a daily basis and expected the others who she worked with to do the same.

Dian had a great love of animals not just her gorillas. She kept chickens for their eggs but treated them like pets with one of them roosting on the carriage of her typewriter as she typed. When her pet dog is kidnapped by poachers she rustles cattle belonging to villagers and holds them hostage until her dog is returned. When a gorilla is found dead she performs an autopsy and then buries them in the gorilla graveyard at the Karisoke research center and this is where she eventually rests. She dedicated the book to some of her favorite gorillas who had died.

Dian was in a fierce and unrelenting war with poachers. She galvanized the Africans who worked with her to go on regular missions to eliminate and destroy the traps set by poachers, not just those which would harm gorillas but would harm any animal. Despite this, many of the gorillas she loved met their fate at the hands of poachers.

Dian was a truly amazing fearless woman who did much to raise awareness and an understanding of the mountain gorillas. With the gift of hindsight and knowledge of the eventual fate of Dian and the three countries which border the Virungas, the book provides a sad and eerie journey.
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Wendy Tobler
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous book, incredible woman!
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2018
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I couldn't put this well written book down. Fossey's dedicated life in the forested mountains with her beloved gorillas is educational, mesmerizing, enchanting, and tragic. What our species is doing to the earth's flora and fauna is undeniable and unconscionable. Fossey's contribution to our knowledge and respect for these magnificent animals is priceless. That she was murdered in her own wilderness bed because of her relentless fight to protect and preserve the gorillas is haunting.
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tanukisan
5.0 out of 5 stars She Gave Her Life for Them
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2014
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Dian Fossey was chosen by the well-known Dr. Louis Leakey to study mountain gorillas, had her picture on the cover of National Geographic and enjoyed a worldwide following of her work to study and later to protect the mountain gorillas of Congo & Rwanda. This book is her story, starting from her early days in San Francisco, to her work as an occupational therapist in Kentucky, to her seven week trip to East Africa that led to her introduction to the Leakey's and her research on the mountain gorillas. The level of interaction with all of the members of several mountain gorilla groups is nothing short of amazing. They all had names, personalities and relationships which she shares with true anthropological precision over a period of some eighteen years.

After I saw the movie "Gorillas in the Mist," I had to read this book. Though so much of the movie and the book are about her, I think if we could ask her, she'd say it's all about them. The one part the movie covers that the book does not is her tragic and untimely death. She saved the lives of many mountain gorillas, if only something or someone could have saved hers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Seller Recommendation
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
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Pieter Klein
5.0 out of 5 stars Goed boek!
Reviewed in Germany on January 15, 2023
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Een must voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in het leven en behoud van de weinige gorilla's die er in het wild nog over zijn.
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Nikhil Vilas Jambhale
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
Reviewed in India on October 13, 2020
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Best book that reveals field knowledge and information related to Gorillas.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Un libro fantástico y hermoso. Muy recomendable.
Reviewed in Spain on June 27, 2020
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Precioso, es un libro fantástico, lástima que no esté tan disponible en español. Pero si te manejas un poco en inglés, vale la pena tenerlo, sin lugar a dudas.
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