9780316301862-0316301868-Reflections of Eden: My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo

Reflections of Eden: My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo

ISBN-13: 9780316301862
ISBN-10: 0316301868
Edition: Reprint edition
Author: Birute M. F. Galdikas
Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Format: Paperback 432 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780316301862
ISBN-10: 0316301868
Edition: Reprint edition
Author: Birute M. F. Galdikas
Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Format: Paperback 432 pages

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Reflections of Eden: My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo (ISBN-13: 9780316301862 and ISBN-10: 0316301868), written by authors Birute M. F. Galdikas, was published by Back Bay Books in 1996. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Women (Specific Groups, Scientists, Professionals & Academics, Cultural & Regional) books. You can easily purchase or rent Reflections of Eden: My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Women books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.38.

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From the first, it was an adventure. In 1971, at age twenty-five, Galdikas left the placid world of American academia for the remote jungles of Indonesian Borneo. Living with her husband in a primitive camp, she became surrogate mother to a "family" of ex-captive orangutans - and gradually adjusted to the blood-sucking leeches, swarms of carnivorous insects, and constant humidity that rotted her belongings in the first year. Her first son spent the early years of his life at Camp Leakey with adopted orangutans as his only playmates. The wild orangutans Galdikas studied and the ex-captives she rehabilitated became an extended family of characters no less vivid than her human companions. Throatpouch, a huge and irritable grouch, fought off rivals for the right to claim adolescent Priscilla as his mate. Handsome Cara at first tried to rid the forest of its human intruder by hurling dead branches at Galdikas from the canopy above. Little Sugito, rescued from a cramped cage and returned to the jungle claimed Galdikas as his mother and clung to her fiercely, night and day, for months. A groundbreaking chronicler of the orangutans' life cycle, Galdikas also describes the threats that increasingly menace them: the battles with poachers and loggers, the illicit trade in infant orangutans, the frustrations of official bureaucracy. Her story is a rare combination of personal epiphany, crucial scientific discovery, and international impact - a life of human and environmental challenge. Reflections of Eden is the third act of a drama that has captivated the world: the story of a pioneering primatologist, a world leader in conservation, and a remarkable woman.

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