Barbara Harrisson (1922–2015)
Autor de Orang-utan
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Obras de Barbara Harrisson
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Harrisson, Barbara
- Nombre legal
- Güttler, Barbara Veronika Gertrud Maria Elisabeth
- Otros nombres
- Harrisson, Barbara V.
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1922-05-20
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2015-12-26
- Género
- female
- Ocupaciones
- art historian
nature conservationist - Relaciones
- Tom Harrisson (spouse)
Miembros
Reseñas
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 7
- Miembros
- 23
- Popularidad
- #537,598
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 6
- Idiomas
- 2
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Orang-Utan
by Barbara Harrison
3.4 · Rating details · 5 Ratings · 2 Reviews
During the 1950s, the Sarawak house of Barbara Harrisson and her late husband Tom became a home for orphaned baby orangu-tan who had been found helpless in the jungle. Here, she describes her experiences rearing orang-utan in a half-wild state and her attempt to re-educate them to jungle life. The Harrissons decided eventually that their partially domesticated animals would have great difficulty surviving in the wild-- yet keeping full-sized orang-utans in the home was no more practical. This personal account of the joys and trials of raising orang-utan is both informative and delightful reading.… (más)