Letters from the Mist: Dian Fossey: 'No One Loved Gorillas More' - Softcover

Camilla De La Bedoyere

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9780956444899: Letters from the Mist: Dian Fossey: 'No One Loved Gorillas More'

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ISBN 10: 095644489X ISBN 13: 9780956444899

Publisher: Palazzo Editions, 2010

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For 18 years, Dian Fossey lived among the mountain gorillas of central Africa, dedicating all her energy to protecting them. She struggled against poachers, official opposition, ill-health, personal tragedy and the isolation of her surroundings with unstinting determination. Through the pages of National Geographic magazine and her book Gorillas in the Mist she focused the world s attention on the plight of the great apes. In December, 1985, Dian was murdered by an unknown attacker in her cabin. Here, for the first time, her story is told through the letters she wrote to her friends and family, set in context by a compelling narrative by Camilla de la B�doy�re. These previously unpublished letters provide a unique and intimate portrait of an extraordinary woman and bring to life the rewards and setbacks of her years with the creatures who she called the greatest of the great apes . These impressive yet shy animals are dramatically captured in photographs by Bob Campbell, who worked closely with Dian for several years.

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"A fresh perspective on Fossey's complex personality, profound devotion to mountain gorillas, and world-changing achievements is forged in a dynamic combination of Bob Campbell's stunning and intimate photographs, journalist and nature writer de la Bedoyere's nimble and moving biography, and Fossey's own colorful and, by turns, frank and dissembling letters to family and friends, vigorous correspondence never before published. This poignant assemblage reveals both the intense joy and immense suffering Fossey experienced during her 18-year sojourn among Rwanda's mountain gorillas." --Booklist starred review

About the Author:

The Photographer: Bob Campbell first went to Karisokein in 1968. Employed by National Geographic, he spent nearly four nears making a visual journal of Dian Fossey s work. After years of gradual habituation, the gorillas finally accepted him into their group, enabling him to capture uniquely special images. The Author: Camilla de la B�doy�re has lived and taught in Kenya, and has written books on natural history, examining life on Earth and the ethical questions posed by our relationship with other inhabitants.

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