Grains of Golden Sand Adventures in War-torn Africa

by Messinger, Delfi

• ISBN13: 9781888960358
• ISBN10: 1888960353
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-15
• Publisher: The Fine Print Press, Ltd.

Summary

Grab a ticket for the adventure of an American woman who protected rare apes by painting AIDS ("SIDA" in French) in blood on a wall to keep rampaging looters at bay. A San Diego Zoo article about her work was titled Courage, but it took more than courage to find a permanent home for the bonobos.

Author Biography

Delfi Messinger is a real-life version of Amelia Earhart, Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Isac Dineson, rolled into one. A zoologist and former Peace Corps volunteer, she lived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or Zaire, for some 14 years.

Table of Contents

Maps: Africa, Zaire, Kinshasa	p. x
Introduction: Bonobo Years, Bonobo Tears	p. 1
The Writing on the Wall	p. 5
A Snake in Texas	p. 21
Road Kill	p. 33
The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love	p. 45
My Turn to Rinse	p. 57
On Being Bonobo	p. 69
Bonoboas and Driver Ants	p. 89
A Lion's Tale	p. 101
Mayoloized	p. 121
Merking and Kirking	p. 145
Not in Kansas Anymore	p. 161
Building an Ark	p. 177
Leopard Rain	p. 197
Magic Beans	p. 215
Deja Vu-Been There, Done That	p. 223
Jonas Ark	p. 245
Friend, Foe, or Bonobo	p. 257
The Changing of the Guard	p. 271
Catch 22.376-01, Section C	p. 281
Draining the Swamp	p. 291
Lock and Load	p. 309
Grains of Golden Sand	p. 321
Grave New World	p. 333
Echos	p. 341
Full Circle	p. 357
Delfiant	p. 383
Acknowledgments	p. 389
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