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The real life experience of Koko, a gorilla in California who uses sign language, with a young kitten whom she loved and grieved over when it died.

A biography of Dian Fossey, a controversial conservationist wholived among the mountain gorillas of central Africa for almost twenty years, studied the nearly extinct gorilla population, andgave her life trying to save them.

Traces the adventurous life of the American woman who worked as a zoologist among the mountain gorillas of the Virunga area of central Africa.

Details Dian Fossey's life, with chapters devoted to her early years, life, work, writings, and legacy, as well as how children can follow in her footsteps. -Publisher description.

Describes the life of the scientist and her accomplishments working with gorillas in Africa.