Author: Mary Bradley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
On the Gorilla Trail. [With Plates.]
Author: Mary Bradley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
On the Gorilla Trail
Author: Mary Hastings Bradley
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811732062
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"In the Congo your worst fears are never realized. Something that you didn't fear happens instead." --Mary Hastings Bradley Mary Hastings Bradley records the events of a 1921 safari with her husband, Herbert Bradley, five-year-old daughter, and her friend, the renowned sculptor and taxidermist Carl Akeley. Akeley was searching for gorilla specimens for the African Hall he was in the process of redesigning for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Well into the twentieth century, this largest of primates was more a figure of myth than of natural history.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811732062
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"In the Congo your worst fears are never realized. Something that you didn't fear happens instead." --Mary Hastings Bradley Mary Hastings Bradley records the events of a 1921 safari with her husband, Herbert Bradley, five-year-old daughter, and her friend, the renowned sculptor and taxidermist Carl Akeley. Akeley was searching for gorilla specimens for the African Hall he was in the process of redesigning for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Well into the twentieth century, this largest of primates was more a figure of myth than of natural history.
Cariology
Author: Ernest Newbrun
Publisher: Williams & Wilkins
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher: Williams & Wilkins
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Tracking and Trailing Animals from Your Back Garden to the Jungle - A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners with a Passion for Nature
Author: Various
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473390850
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473390850
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
The Bookman
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Journal of Mammalogy
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mammals
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mammals
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Catalogues of Sale
Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The Year of the Gorilla
Author: George B. Schaller
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226736636
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This seminal work chronicles George B. Schaller’s two years of travel and observation of gorillas in East and Central Africa in the late 1950s, high in the Virunga volcanoes on the Zaire-Rwanda-Uganda border. There, he learned that these majestic animals, far from being the aggressive apes of film and fiction, form close-knit societies of caring mothers and protective fathers watching over playful young. Alongside his observations of gorilla society, Schaller celebrates the enforced yet splendid solitude of the naturalist, recounts the adventures he experienced along the way, and offers a warning against poaching and other human threats against these endangered creatures. This edition features a postscript detailing Schaller’s more recent visits with gorillas, current to 2009. “Whether the author is tracking gorillas, slipping past elephant herds on narrow jungle paths, avoiding poachers’ deadfalls, or routing Watusi invaders, 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
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226736636
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This seminal work chronicles George B. Schaller’s two years of travel and observation of gorillas in East and Central Africa in the late 1950s, high in the Virunga volcanoes on the Zaire-Rwanda-Uganda border. There, he learned that these majestic animals, far from being the aggressive apes of film and fiction, form close-knit societies of caring mothers and protective fathers watching over playful young. Alongside his observations of gorilla society, Schaller celebrates the enforced yet splendid solitude of the naturalist, recounts the adventures he experienced along the way, and offers a warning against poaching and other human threats against these endangered creatures. This edition features a postscript detailing Schaller’s more recent visits with gorillas, current to 2009. “Whether the author is tracking gorillas, slipping past elephant herds on narrow jungle paths, avoiding poachers’ deadfalls, or routing Watusi invaders, 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
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description