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Contents
Contents | 4 |
Back to Africa | 12 |
A New Start | 22 |
Gentle Giants | 28 |
Her Work Goes On | 40 |
Want to Know More? | 46 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Dian Fossey Great naturalists Leveled Biographies (Grade 5): Great Naturalists Leveled Biographies Series |
| Author | Heidi Moore |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Heinemann-Raintree Library, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1410932257, 9781410932259 |
| Length | 48 pages |
| Subjects | › › Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Zoology |
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