Title My life with kangaroos : a deaf woman's remarkable story / Doris Herrmann ; with Michael Gaida and Theres Johl ; translated by Paul Foster

Published Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 258 pages : illustrations Contents Kangaroos as Yet Undiscovered -- School Years -- Under the Spell of the Kangaroo -- Thwarted Courtship -- Dora -- A Firm Decision -- In the Land of My Dreams at Last -- Pebbly Beach -- Jacqueline -- Moving like a Kangaroo -- A Community of Individuals -- The Bosses -- Manuela -- Of Mothers and Children -- It's Certainly Not Deathly Quiet! -- All Kinds of Remarkable Things -- Dreams -- Kangaroos Overcome the Iron Curtain -- My Brother and Me -- Aboriginals -- Eukala -- The All-embracing Unity Summary The author was born deaf in 1933 in Basel, Switzerland, and from the age of three, she possessed a mystical attraction to kangaroos. She recalls seeing them at that age for the first time at the Basel Zoo, and spending every spare moment visiting them from then on. Eventually, her fascination grew into passionate study of their behavior. Her dedication caught the attention of the zookeepers who provided her greater access to these extraordinary animals. Despite her challenges with communication, she wrote a scientific paper about the kangaroo's pouch hygiene when raising a joey. Soon, experts from around the world came to visit this precocious deaf girl who knew about kangaroos. The author appreciated the opportunities opening up to her, but her real dream was to travel to Australia to study kangaroos in the wild. For years she worked and yearned, until Dr. Karl H. Winkelstäter a renowned authority on kangaroos, suggested an independent study in Australia at a place called Pebbly Beach. In 1969, at the age of 35, the author finally traveled to the native land of kangaroos. During the next four decades, she would make many more trips to observe and write about kangaroos.--Gallaudet Press website Notes Translated and revised edition of: Känguruherz. Berlin : Pro Business GmbH, 2009 English Print version record Subject Herrmann, Doris, 1933- SUBJECT Herrmann, Doris, 1933- fast Subject Kangaroos -- Behavior Kangaroos -- Australia Human-animal relationships. Deaf authors -- Switzerland -- Biography Deaf women -- Switzerland -- Biography NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General Deaf authors Deaf women Human-animal relationships Kangaroos Kangaroos -- Behavior Australia Switzerland Genre/Form Biographies Form Electronic book Author Gaida, Michael Jöhl, Theres, 1957- Herrmann, Doris, 1933- Känguruherz LC no. 2012047495 ISBN 9781563685606 1563685604

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