Gorillas in the Mist. Dian Fossey (Paperback) 2001

 Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey.

For thirteen years Dian Fossey lived and worked with Uncle, Bert Flossie, Beethoven, Pantsy and Digit in the remote rain forests of the Virunga Mountains in Africa, establishing an unprecedented relationship with these shy an affectionate beasts.#

In her base camp 10,000 feet above sea-level, she struggled daily with rain, loneliness and the ever-constant threat of poachers who slaughtered her beloved gorillas with horrifying ferocity.

African adventure, personal quest and scientific study, GORILLAS IN THE MIST is a unique and intimate glimpse into a vanishing world and a vanishing species

 

A paperback first published in 1983, this is a Phoenix edition from 2001.