Woman in the Mists: The Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of Africa
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Woman in the Mists: The Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of Africa

Farley Mowat
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The greatest chronicler of man and nature gives us the first full-length portrait of Dian Fossey—the world-famous woman scientist and author of Gorillas in the Mist whose lonely crusade to save the mountain gorillas of Africa ended with her murder in December 1985. Two 8-page photo inserts.
Genres: NonfictionBiographyAfricaAnimalsScienceNatureBiography MemoirWildlifeHistoryTravel
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