High Moon Over the Amazon: My Quest to Understand the Monkeys of the Night
Heart-warming, honest, deeply inquisitive, and chock-a-block with the absolutely insane adventure known as field biology. As a conservationist, as a primatologist, no question about it, Patricia Wright is a heavy-weight contender. High Moon Over the Amazon proves her a great storyteller as well. This is a seriously fun, smart book. --Steven Kotler, New York Times bestselling author of Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You ThinkA naive young American woman with a pet monkey goes to the Amazon to find it a mate. This is the improbable beginning of an important scientific career--Pat Wright's. High Moon over the Amazon is a lively, exotic, inspirational tale about dreams that, against all odds, become reality." --David Quammen, author of Spillover and The Song of the DodoThis is a book you must read. Against all odds Patricia Wright succeeded in observing the previously unknown behavior of the mysterious and enchanting little owl monkey, the 'monkey of the night.' With the skill of a born storyteller she describes hair-raising adventures deep in the Amazon rainforest and the problems of raising a child far from civilization. You will laugh and cry and marvel at the determination, courage, and scientific integrity of this amazing woman. --Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace