I've Been Gone Far Too Long: Field Trip Fiascoes and Expedition Disasters
AUTHOR: Roger Rapoport
ISBN: 978-1-57143-054-0
Here are the stories of 30 research scientists who go off the deep ends of the earth. Travel with a young researcher in Dian Fossey's camp as she is handed a gun and told to go out and shoot a gorilla poacher. See how a scientist reacts when he discovers a poisonous bushmaster in his bidet. From bush pilots and endangered species to Land Rover nightmares, these hair-raising tales will keep you up past dawn. This book is a tribute to the courage of an intrepid band of researchers who have risked all to bring home the truth.
"The Ultimate in Armchair Travel."
- Publisher's Weekly
"If you want to read something different to relax, this is the right book."
- Gorilla Journal
"Recommended for all collections."
- Library Journal
"People in khaki and pith helmets can be funny. Some could start second careers as comedians should they be denied tenure."
- Booklist
"RDR Books has produced a winning collection of enthralling stories
written by field scientists who have no trouble confessing, I've Been
Gone Far Too Long. Readers travel along with the experts as they creep
among electric eels in eastern Brazilian Amazonia, forage with the
indigenous Ache tribe in Paraguay, wield Diane Fossey's Smith &
Wesson pistol to save silverback gorillas, and perform surgery on a
Maasai girl gored by a buffalo. Travel requires a constant mental
boogie, but occasionally things get so bad that the rhythm leaves the
soul.
- Laura Reed, Forward Magazine