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  • Fowler, John (John Daniel).
     
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  • Fowler, John (John Daniel) -- Anecdotes.
     
  •  
  • Fowler, John (John Daniel) -- Travel -- Rwanda.
     
  •  
  • Fossey, Dian.
     
  •  
  • Karisoke Research Center.
     
  •  
  • Gorilla.
     
  •  
  • Primatologists -- United States -- Biography.
     
  •  
  • Mountain gorilla.
     
  •  
  • Gorilla -- Rwanda.
     
  •  
  • Gorilla -- Behavior.
     
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  • Gorilla -- Conservation -- Rwanda.
     
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  • Primatology -- Rwanda.
     
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  • Zoology -- Research -- Rwanda.
     
     
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    A forest in the clouds : my year among the mountain gorillas in the remote enclave of Dian Fossey / John Fowler.
    by Fowler, John (John Daniel).
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    Pegasus Books, c2018.
    Call #:599.884 F786f
    Subjects
  • Fowler, John (John Daniel) -- Anecdotes.
  •  
  • Fowler, John (John Daniel) -- Travel -- Rwanda.
  •  
  • Fossey, Dian.
  •  
  • Karisoke Research Center.
  •  
  • Gorilla.
  •  
  • Primatologists -- United States -- Biography.
  •  
  • Mountain gorilla.
  •  
  • Gorilla -- Rwanda.
  •  
  • Gorilla -- Behavior.
  •  
  • Gorilla -- Conservation -- Rwanda.
  •  
  • Primatology -- Rwanda.
  •  
  • Zoology -- Research -- Rwanda.
  • ISBN: 
    9781681776330
    Edition: 
    First Pegasus books cloth edition.
    Description: 
    xx, 391 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
    Notes: 
    Includes index.
    Contents: 
    A view from a tree -- My own vision of the wild -- Into Rwanda -- Through the Mille Collines -- Karisoke welcome -- A cruel climb -- Un-settling in -- Gorilla communion -- Gorilla without a name -- The empty cabin -- It's N'gee! -- Lockdown -- A sad goodbye -- The poacher patrol -- Nyamuragira -- A man a plan a gorilla Dian -- The bivouac -- A near-death experience -- Siku ya Uhuru! -- Kima kufa -- A break in the clouds -- Dian returns -- Dian's friend -- Gorilla murder -- Nairobi -- Dian's foe -- Going bush -- Gray winter home -- The ruins.
    Summary: 
    A zoologist's portrait of Dr. Dian Fossey's remarkable mountain gorilla camp documents the story of the controversial unraveling of the Rwandan facility after Fossey's murder and the author's contributions to tracking mountain gorillas through hostile terrain, confronting aggressive silverbacks and rehabilitating orphaned baby gorillas.
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