My Life with Kangaroos : A Deaf Woman's Remarkable Story /

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The author was born deaf in 1933 in Basel, Switzerland, and from the age of three, she possessed a mystical attraction to kangaroos. She recalls seeing them at that age for the first time at the Basel Zoo, and spending every spare moment visiting them from then on. Eventually, her fascination grew i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Herrmann, Doris, 1933- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Jöhl, Theres, 1957-, Gaida, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Herrmann, Doris, > 1933-
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
Kangaroos > Behavior.
Kangaroos.
Human-animal relationships.
Deaf women.
Deaf authors.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
Femmes sourdes > Suisse > Biographies.
Écrivains sourds > Suisse > Biographies.
Relations homme-animal.
Kangourous > Australie.
Kangourous > Moeurs et comportement.
Deaf women > Switzerland > Biography.
Deaf authors > Switzerland > Biography.
Kangaroos > Australia.
Switzerland.
Australia.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:The author was born deaf in 1933 in Basel, Switzerland, and from the age of three, she possessed a mystical attraction to kangaroos. She recalls seeing them at that age for the first time at the Basel Zoo, and spending every spare moment visiting them from then on. Eventually, her fascination grew into passionate study of their behavior. Her dedication caught the attention of the zookeepers who provided her greater access to these extraordinary animals. Despite her challenges with communication, she wrote a scientific paper about the kangaroo's pouch hygiene when raising a joey. Soon, experts from around the world came to visit this precocious deaf girl who knew about kangaroos. The author appreciated the opportunities opening up to her, but her real dream was to travel to Australia to study kangaroos in the wild. For years she worked and yearned, until Dr. Karl H. Winkelstäter a renowned authority on kangaroos, suggested an independent study in Australia at a place called Pebbly Beach. In 1969, at the age of 35, the author finally traveled to the native land of kangaroos. During the next four decades, she would make many more trips to observe and write about kangaroos.--Gallaudet Press website.
Notas:Translated and revised edition of: Känguruherz. Berlin : Pro Business GmbH, 2009.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (248 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781563685606

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