Showing posts with label Pamela Turner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pamela Turner. Show all posts

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Golden Kite Awards: A Life In The Wild

Pamela Turner received the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction for A Life in the Wild: George Schaller's Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts, by Pamela S. Turner, received the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction.

Pamela thanked George Schaller, the scientist who allowed her to profile him in her book. He was a scientist who first observed gorillas in the wild. He's now 75 years old and an active scientist and conservationists.

Pamela is donating the prize money and the profits from her book to conservation projects. How wonderful! Go great beasts!

POSTED BY ALICE POPE