Return To Eden

By Dean Harrison

Book Overview

Return To Eden is a safari in which there is a beginning, but no visible end. It is a look from the eyes of animals, not from the perspective of man, a world where instiincts rule and good feelings... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 096650870X
• ISBN13: 9780966508703
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Out of Africa Wildlife Park
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Out of Africa to your bookshelf

The author of this book, Dean Harrison, along with his wife Prayeri, are the owners and operators of Out of Africa wildlife park near Phoenix, Arizona. In this book he chronicles some of their experiences working with tigers, big cats, and other animals over the years the park was in development. Further, he talks at length about instinct, intellect, and emotions in animals and shares many of his observations on these topics. The book has numerous anecdotes that were fun to read.Unlike many biologists he is not afraid to give recognition to the higher intelligence and emotional lives of the animals, even their spiritual lives, since animals cleary possess these attributes whether bioligists are willing to admit it or not. My only complaint is that I think he goes too far in trying to fit animal behavior into models of human behavior, even devoting a couple of chapters to this later in the book. Lions and tigers don't live by all the same rules as humans and one can only go so far in trying to fit them into a common model.The photography in the book is excellent, and if you love animals, this will make a great addition to your bookshelf. I also recommend visiting Out of Africa park if you're ever in the Phoenix area.