Dale Peterson

Gebundenes Buch

Giraffe Reflections

Beschreibung

Focuses on giraffes to appear in the last fifty years. This title presents a magnificent portrait of a group of animals who, in spite of their legendary elegance and astonishing gentleness, may not entirely survive this century.

Autor

Dale Peterson is a Lecturer in the English Department of Tufts University and the author of numerous books, including Jane Goodall, Demonic Males, Visions of Caliban, and Chimpanzee Travels. Karl Ammann has photographed wildlife throughout Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Outdoor Photography, Natural History, African Geographic, and elsewhere. Peterson and Ammann have also collaborated to produce Elephant Reflections and Eating Apes, both published by UC Press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 274mm x 255mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1254g
• ISBN-13: 9780520266858
• ISBN-10: 0520266854
• Artikelnr.: 37744063

Rezensionen

"A masterpiece about one of the world¿s most fascinating but least understood animals, Giraffe Reflections is utterly compelling¿a page-turner with glorious photographs. A reader cannot ask for more." Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of A Million Years with You and The Hidden Life of Dogs