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Matthews, Tom L.

Light Shining through the Mist: A Photobiography of Dian Fossey

64 pp. | National | August, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-7922-7300-1 $$17.95

(2) 4-6 As the subtitle acknowledges, gorgeous color photographs will be the main draw to this biography of the controversial primatologist, but Matthews's text also does a fine job of tracing the life of a troubled woman who found a career and turned it into a mission. Fossey's work with her beloved mountain gorillas is well documented in both text and pictures; the large, spacious format of the book serves both well. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 1998