Homesick for a World Unknown

Miriam Horn on In Tune to Nature with Carrie Freeman

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“The Most Influential Wildlife Conservationists You’ve Never Heard Of: George and Kay Schaller’s Groundbreaking Life by Biographer Miriam Horn The Schallers’ legacy is intimately detailed through Horn’s wonderful storytelling … how they pioneered the fieldwork of living peacefully amongst large wild animals like snow leopards, gorillas, lions, tigers, jaguars, giant pandas, Tibetan antelope, Marco Polo…

Miriam Horn on Wildlife Conservation Society’s “Wild Audio”

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George Schaller is widely regarded as a founder of modern field biology — a scientist whose work helped transform how we study animals in the wild. From gorillas in the Congo to snow leopards in the Himalayas, his research has shaped conservation for decades. This week, WCS Wild Audio caught up with author Miriam Horn…

Miriam Horn and Joe Walston, Executive VP of Global Conservation for the Wildlife Conservation Society, write in PBS NATURE on the path forward mapped by the life of George Schaller

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Miriam Horn and Joe Walston on how George Schaller saved our biggest, most dangerous and charismatic wild animals, and showed us how to save many more

Miriam Horn talks with Jack Humphrey, host of Rewilding, on her biography of George Schaller

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Miriam Horn joins the Rewilding podcast. Miriam has spent her career splitting time between the U.S. Forest Service, Environmental Defense Fund, and the high-level editorial worlds of Vanity Fair and The New York Times.

“If there’s a pantheon of wildlife heroes, George Schaller is surely in it”

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John Davis reviews Miriam Horn’s new biography of Schaller, Homesick for a World Unknown, for the Rewilding Institute.

Book Tour Announced: Homesick for a World Unknown

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Miriam Horn will be appearing at these events to discuss her book Homesick for a World Unknown. If you are interested in having Miriam attend your event please get in touch using the details on the Contact page.

Early praise for Homesick for a World Unknown

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I’m deeply honored by these warm responses from writers I admire to the moon!

Homesick for a World Unkown: Available for Pre-Order

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The first full biography of field biologist George Schaller by Miriam Horn is available for pre-order now from Penguin Press.

Primary Source Materials

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This is a selection of original field-drawings, notes and communications taken from George Schaller’s journals and personal archive.

Author’s Note

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Miriam Horn introduces her new book Homesick for a World Unknown and her fascination with field biologist George Schaller.