| Where Have All the Animals Gone?: My Travels with Karl Ammann Contributor(s): Peterson, Dale (Author), Ammann, Karl (Author) |
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ISBN: 087233208X ISBN-13: 9780872332089 Publisher: Bauhan Pub OUR PRICE: $20.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Environmentalists & Naturalists - Nature | Animals - Wildlife |
| Dewey: 333.954 |
| LCCN: 2015036279 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the biographer of Jane Goodall comes an eccentric blend of travels and adventures based on the underlying story of two men, sometime friends and allies, who uncover through personal experience the tragedy of animal extinctions in Africa and Asia. By turns ironic, funny, and tender, it contemplates changing landscapes and a vanishing world. Over the last fifteen years, nature historian Dale Peterson has collaborated with photographer Karl Ammann to produce three books about apes, elephants, and giraffes. For this new memoir, Peterson recounts his travels with the iconoclastic Swiss photographer through Africa and Southeast Asia, serving as his Boswell and discovering along the way magnificent splendor, unexpected humor, and tragic loss. |
Contributor Bio(s): Peterson, Dale: - Dale Peterson transitioned early in his writing career from publishing books on computers to studying and writing about highly intelligent animal species, focusing on primates. His book The Deluge and the Ark: A Journey into Primate Worlds attracted the attention of Dr. Jane Goodall, with whom he collaborated to produce Visions of Caliban: On Chimpanzees and People. Peterson has received numerous awards including New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1993 and 2006. Peterson lectures part time at Tufts University and was just elected president of PEN New England. He was instrumental in establishing PEN's Thoreau award, promoting nature writing and writers. Peterson lives in Arlington, Massachusetts.Ammann, Karl: - Karl Ammann is a wildlife photographer and conservation activist whose photography and writings on the African bushmeat trade have been featured in many publications including: the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Stern Magazine, Natural History Magazine, Outdoor Photographer (USA), Airone (Italy), Focus (Germany), and National Geographic's Earth Almanac. He has received many awards for his work and conservation efforts. In 2008 Time Magazine fittingly named him one of their "Heroes of the Environment". |