No One Loved Gorillas More: Dian Fossey: Letters from the Mist
by Camilla de la Bedoyere, Dian Fossey
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Author: Camilla de la Bedoyere, Dian FosseyPhotographer: Bob Campbell
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-05
ISBN: 0792293444
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: National Geographic
Book Reviews of No One Loved Gorillas More: Dian Fossey: Letters from the Mist
Book Review: Does what it says on the tin
Summary: 3 Stars
For me the best thing about this book is that it gives a fair account of the life of Dian Fossey, as opposed to the slightly idealistic views expressed by many of her biographers. In Letters from the Mist Bedoyere is not afraid to express the difficult side of Fosseys character. This book confronts these issues and gives anecdotes and reasons for her behaviour without excusing them. In fact the book can be considered as a biography, with the letters mainly used to back up what the author is saying.
This is one of the downsides because the letter extracts are short and there are large chunks missing. Sometimes quotes from a letter may be only a couple of lines long whereas it would be nice to be able to read whole letter or at least longer extracts. Another unfortunate omission is that there are no replies to any of the letters at all. It would be good to see what the recipient of the letter wrote back to Fossey, but that is unavailable.
Bare in mind that this book does not cover Fosseys work in any detail. It is aimed at her personality and her attitude towards the trials and tribulations she faced rather than specifically about her work. If you are looking for a book about gorillas then look elsewhere because there is very little written about her research findings or how they were used.
Given how difficult it is to photograph gorillas in the wild the photography in this book is superb. It may not be very dramatic and the vast majority of the photos consist of gorillas relaxing amongst leaves because that is the only time photographers are able to get close enough to work. There are no images of chest beating, fighting or mating because these were simply impossible at the time but there are fantastic pictures of gorillas in their natural habitat throughout the book.
The murder of Dian Fossey remain one of the great tragedies of conservation and this book is valuable in its way of celebrating her life while not hiding away from awkward facts. It wont be everybodys cup of tea and more exposure of her letters would have been nice but its a very interesting read worthy of the couple of days it will take to read. Get it from the library.
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