The Impenetrable Forest: My Gorilla Years in Uganda, Revised Edition
A self-described eco-nerd Thor Hanson, scientist and writer, brought the nascent gorilla tourist program in Bwindi National Park, located within Africa's Impenetrable Forest, to life. With grace and good humor Hanson navigates the local customs, mores and bureaucracy governing everything from...
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A self-described eco-nerd Thor Hanson, scientist and writer, brought the nascent gorilla tourist program in Bwindi National Park, located within Africa's Impenetrable Forest, to life. With grace and good humor Hanson navigates the local customs, mores and bureaucracy governing everything from love to superstition to build infrastructure, hire and train staff, fend off millions of ants among many other creatures while studying and acclimating the mountain gorillas to humans in their midst.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781933698199 (1933698195)
Publish date: June 1st 2008
Publisher: 1500 Books
Pages no: 284
Edition language: English
10/15 : I've enjoyed the first few chapters even though there are no gorillas yet. So far I've had a good intro to the history of 20th century Uganda and basic social situations there as the author arrives and has his peace corps orientation.
I saw Hanson at Powell's and really enjoyed his talk. He was warm, charismatic and funny. He's a better speaker than he is a writer, I think. The book is interesting but it drags in many places. The plight of the gorillas is juxtaposed with the lives of the people around them in a very moving fashio...
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