Gorillas in the Mist

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Houghton Mifflin, 1983 - Biography & Autobiography - 326 pages
Describes four gorilla families living in the rain forests of the Virunga mountains of Rwanda during a fifteen-year case study.

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In the Mountain Meadow of Carl Akeley
1
Karisoke Research Centre Rwanda
19
Karisoke Field Impressions
42
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About the author (1983)

Dian Fossey was born in San Francisco in 1932. She began observing gorillas in Zaire in 1967 & later moved to Rwanda, where she lived for almost eighteen years. Fossey, who was the first person to have voluntary contact with a gorilla, was found murdered in her cabin on December 26, 1985. Her death is still unsolved.

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