Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family - Couverture rigide

Moss, Cynthia

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ISBN 10 : 0688053483 ISBN 13 : 9780688053482

Editeur : William Morrow & Co, 1988

Synopsis

Book by Moss Cynthia

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Cynthia Moss has studied the elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park for over twenty-seven years. Her long-term research has revealed much of what we now know about these complex and intelligent animals. Here she chronicles the lives of the members of the T families led by matriarchs Teresia, Slit Ear, Torn Ear, Tania, and Tuskless. With a new afterword catching up on the families and covering current conservation issues, Moss's story will continue to fascinate animal lovers.

"One is soon swept away by this 'Babar' for adults. By the end, one even begins to feel an aversion for people. One wants to curse human civilization and cry out, 'Now God stand up for the elephants!'"—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times

"Moss speaks to the general reader, with charm as well as scientific authority. . . . [An] elegantly written and ingeniously structured account." —Raymond Sokolov, Wall Street Journal

"Moss tells the story in a style so conversational . . . that I felt like a privileged visitor riding beside her in her rickety Land-Rover as she showed me around the park." —Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, New York Times Book Review

"A prose-poem celebrating a species from which we could learn some moral as well as zoological lessons." — Chicago Tribune

Biographie de l'auteur :

Cynthia F. Moss is a professor of psychology and member of the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the coeditor of Neuroethological Studies on Cognitive and Perceptual Processes.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: William Morrow & Co
• Date d'édition: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0688053483
• ISBN 13: 9780688053482
• Reliure: Relié