{"title":"Mark Owens","description":"MARK AND DELIA OWENS are the authors of Cry of the Kalahari, an international bestseller and winner of the John Burroughs Medal, The Eye of the Elephant, and Secrets of the Savanna. Delia is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Where the Crawdads Sing.","products":[{"product_id":"cry-of-the-kalahari-paperback","title":"Cry of the Kalahari - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A remarkable story beautifully told...Among such classics as Goodall's \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of Man \u003c\/i\u003eand Fossey's \u003ci\u003eGorillas in the Mist\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarrying little more than a change of clothes and a pair of binoculars, two young Americans, Mark and Delia Owens, caught a plane to Africa, bought a thirdhand Land Rover, and drove deep into the Kalahari Desert. This engrossing survival memoir details how they lived for seven years, in an unexplored area with no roads, no people, and no source of water for thousands of square miles. In this vast wilderness the Owenses began their zoology research, a landmark study of animal behavior with creatures that had never before been exposed to humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn international bestseller, \u003ci\u003eCry of the Kalahari\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the Owenses's life with prides of Kalahari lions, elusive brown hyenas, jackals, giraffes, and the many other creatures they came to know. 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Yet, in the 1970s and 1980s, about a thousand of these captivating creatures were slaughtered in Zambia each year, killed for their valuable ivory tusks. When biologists Mark and Delia Owens, residing in Africa to study lions, found themselves in the middle of a poaching fray, they took the only side they morally could: that of the elephants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Eye of the Elephant\u003c\/em\u003e recounts the Owens' struggle to save these innocent animals from decimation, a journey not only to supply the natives with ways of supporting their villages, but also to cultivate support around the globe for the protection of elephants. Filled with daring exploits among disgruntled hunters, arduous labor on the African plains, and vivid depictions of various wildlife, this remarkable tale is at once an adventure story, a travelogue, a preservationist call to action, and a fascinating examination of both human and animal nature.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376921116895,"sku":"9780395680902","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ObiE79Y_-J9780395680902.webp?v=1789228961"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/mark-owens.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}