Schaller, George B.

The year of the gorilla [electronic resource] / George B. Schaller ; with a new foreword by the author. - University of Chicago Press, c1988. - 1 online resource (xiv, 258 p., [28] p. of plates) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259).

Foreword, 1988; Introduction; 1. In the Realm of the Mountain Gorilla; 2. The Impenetrable Forest; 3. Interlude in the Plains; 4. Mt. Tshiaberimu; 5. A Walk in the Forest; 6. Among Gorillas; 7. A Home in the Highlands; 8. A Gorilla Day; 9. "Am I Satyr or Man?"; 10. Uhuru; Epilogue; Selected Reading.

& Quot;A sensitive and articulate observer, [Schaller] is at his best when he is describing the forest itself ... This is an exciting book. Although Schaller feels that this is 'not an adventure book, ' few readers will be able to agree."--Irven DeVore, Science.

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Gorilla--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kivu (Zaire)
Gorilla--Uganda.
Gorilla--Rwanda.
Gorille.
Sciences naturelles--Afrique centrale.
Sciences naturelles--Afrique orientale.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--Primatology.
NATURE--Animals--Primates.


Electronic books.

QL737.P96 / S3 1988eb

599.88/46

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