Serengeti Shall Not Die, by Bernhard and Michael Grzimek (Used)

By (author): Bernhard Grzimek and Michael Grzimek.

In the late 1950s Bernhard Grzimek, director of the Frankfurt Zoo, and his son Michael flew a small zebra-striped plane back and forth over the Serengeti to count its great herds and follow their migrations. The question was whether the national park's planned boundaries would protect the animals. This book is their account of that work: flying low over the plains, sleeping in the bush, and arguing for a park large enough to hold the migration.

It is also a story of loss. Michael was killed in January 1959 when his plane hit a vulture, and he is buried on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. The film the two made together won the Academy Award for best documentary in 1960. Book and film helped turn the Serengeti into a cause the whole world knew about.

First published in German in 1959 as Serengeti darf nicht sterben. This English translation was first published in 1960; this copy is the Fontana paperback (eleventh impression, 1973), with drawings of grasses by D. Napper of the East African Herbarium, Nairobi.

Condition: Fair. Book-exchange stamp on the title page; previous owner's name inscribed.

Authors: Bernhard Grzimek and Michael Grzimek
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Fontana Books (Collins), London, 1973 (eleventh impression; first Fontana edition 1964)