Virunga: Passion Dian Fossey
“Virunga: Passion Dian Fossey” by Farley Mowat, published by McClelland & Stewart on October 3, 1987, is a detailed exploration of the life of Dian Fossey, who dedicated eighteen years to studying the wild mountain gorilla in the Virunga volcanoes of central Africa. This first edition spans 380 pages and is presented in English. The book recounts Fossey’s remarkable journey, highlighting her deep connection with the gorillas and the challenges she faced from various threats to their existence.
Readers will find a comprehensive narrative that draws from Fossey’s private correspondence, journals, and interviews with those who knew her. Mowat captures Fossey’s unwavering commitment to wildlife conservation and her role as a passionate advocate for the gorillas, illustrating the complexities of her life and work. The book provides insight into the struggles against poaching and the impact of human activities on these endangered creatures, making it a significant account of both Fossey’s legacy and the ongoing challenges in wildlife preservation.
Official synopsis Publisher
On December 28, 1985 after eighteen years of research in the dripping rain forests of the Virunga volcanoes in central Africa, Dian Fossey was brutally murdered. Though not quite fifty-four years old, she had lived a life as remarkable and rewarding as that of any woman of our time.
Dian Fossey went to Africa at the urging of famed anthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey to study one of the rarest, most mysterious animals on earth: the wild mountain gorilla. She found the great, gentle apes threatened on all sides by zoo collectors, poachers, herdsmen and scientists. Slowly, she came to understand the magnificent creatures on their own terms, to understand and admire–even to love them. She became their greatest champion–and their greatest martyr.
Virunga is the startling true account of Dian Fossey’s life as told by Canada’s favorite wildlife writer, Farley Mowat. Based on Fossey’s private correspondence, journals, camp records, personal papers and interviews with her colleagues, friends and enemies, it is the story of one woman’s inexhaustible passion for life–and the creatures who share it with us.
From the Paperback edition.
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