Homesick for a World Unknown
Schaller’s commitment to nurturing “home-grown” scientists embodies the larger lesson of his life: to put the subject before the scientist, and to serve the lands and species he studied.
George Schaller may be the reason mountain gorillas, Bengal tigers, and giant pandas still exist in the wild. Considered the father of modern field biology, he trained Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, worked in 32 countries, and sounded the alarm on the “great dying” of the natural world decades before anyone was listening. Yet almost no one knows his name.
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The author handles the richness of the material beautifully, using Schaller’s own words to build a picture, which she then expands with perceptiveness, tact and an elegance of phrasing
Homesick for a World Unknown by Miriam Horn is selected by The New York Times for their list of 6 books recommended by their critics and editors.
In her engaging, lyrical “Homesick for a World Unknown,” Miriam Horn tells the story of the famed naturalist George Schaller.
Bozeman resident and world-renowned wildlife biologist Dale Miquelle, who led the longest-running field study on endangered Siberian tigers, commended Horn’s reporting, which involved combing through more than 20,000 pages of field notes and shelves of photo albums, and going into the field with Schaller twice.
Timothy Andrés Pabon’s restrained narration mirrors Schaller’s own quiet, methodical approach, allowing the extraordinary scope of his life and work to unfold naturally
Armed with Schaller’s report, Olaus Murie persuaded President Eisenhower to sign an executive order protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
“Homesick for A World Unknown” a Wall Street Journal Editor’s Choice