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Woman in the Mist - Farley Mowat
An account of Dian Fossey's troubled personal life, from the start of her 18 year gorilla study to her murder in 1985. Posthumastly written from information taken from her diary entries and letters. [more] In the Kingdom of Gorillas - Bill Webber & Amy Vedder A fascinating account of the authors' years in Rwanda describes thrilling, sometimes heart-breaking gorilla encounters, and analyzes the complex subject of conservation in a war-ravaged world struggling with increased competition for resources. [more] Eyewitness Guide to Gorilla Mokey and Ape - Ian Redmond Children - Brilliantly illustrated. Reveals why howler monkeys erupt into song at sunrise, what it means when a mandrill yawns, and other details about the behavior, family life, and intelligence of gorillas and other primates. [more] Last Chance to See - Douglas Adams & Mark Cowardine The record of an odyssey by a zoologist and a zoologically-innocent comic novelist. It began in 1985 with a search for a rare lemur in Madagascar and went on to include expeditions which witnessed fruitbats, man-eating lizards, gorillas, a blind dolphin and the most inept parrot, the kakapot. [more]
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