Needed orphaned von blumenthal michael (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 188 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In May of 2007, noted American poet and novelist and son of Holocaust refugees Michael Blumenthal went to South Africa to volunteer at C.A.R.E., a rehabilitation center for orphaned and injured baboons founded by Rita Miljo. Rita was a Lithuanian-born childhood member of the Hitler Youth who had gone on to have a life as adventure-filled as Beryl Markham's in West With the Night.'A lot of people have asked me whether they could write 'my book,' Rita wrote to Michael shortly thereafter, 'and I said no, because I was envisaging a story both sad and happy, but certainly mixed with a lot of humor. But if you asked me, I would not say no.' With that, for the only time in her life, Rita entrusted another human being with thirty years' worth of her journals, and a rare and unusual collaboration was born. Because They Needed Me is that story, a chronicle of primate conservation and the intrepid and courageous woman who devoted her life to it. It is like no other book of its kind.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Softcover. Glossy pictorial covers of baby baboons. Blue and black lettering to the front cover. Dated 2016 on the copyright page. No date on title page. This is an uncorrected proof copy. "Uncorrected Proof Copy" sticker on the front cover. 158 pages. Very good condition. Binding is tight and crisp. No wear or creasing to the covers. Pages bright and clean. Free of any marks or writing. A reviewer's letter addressed to Thomas Lovejoy is included. Overall very good condition. This book is from the collection of Thomas Lovejoy. Dr. Lovejoy was an influential ecologist, field biologist, and activist; former head of the Amazon Biodiversity Center, World Wildlife Fund, and advisor to the United Nations and Smithsonian Institution. He is credited with introducing the term 'biological diversity' to the mainstream environmental movement. In addition, he was a passionate collector of books on the natural world. He died in 2021 and we are very excited to present a selection of his books. Please browse the entire catalogue here on ABE or contact us for instructions on how to get to it.…