Amazon.com Review
Who would have guessed that a rhinoceros communicates by whistling? That a wildebeest can run just minutes after emerging from its mother's womb? That a hippopotamus eats 200 pounds of leaves a day? Thomas Allen gathers a host of intriguing profiles of the animals of Africa, their number rapidly diminishing, to narrate this collection of some 200 photographic images by Jim Brandenburg, Mitsuaki Iwago, Frans Lanting, Michael Nichols, and Shin Yoshino. The work is of uniformly high quality and is handsomely presented, making
Animals of Africa a fine gift book for animal lovers.
From Library Journal
Formerly on the staff of the National Geographic Society, Allen has prepared a simple yet well-constructed work, rounding up Jane Goodall for the introduction and four award-winning nature photographers?Frans Lanting, Michael Nichols, Mitsuaki Iwago, and Jim Brandenburg?to bring his words to life. The result is this marvelous book on the animals of Africa. Each chapter begins with a brief overview explaining the broad category it covers: hunters, grazers, giants, birds, water dwellers, primates, and the highly endangered wildlife of Madagascar. Three to five animals are then treated individually, with a natural history text of several pages and many more pages of stunning, well-captioned photographs. A map locating major wildlife parks and a list of endangered species are included. The textual information is sound, the photographers' work superb, the organization clever, the overall effect excellent, and the conservation message is clear. The price tag is high, but for the libraries that can afford it, this book is recommended.?Nancy J. Moeckel, Miami Univ. Libs., Oxford, OH
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