The Hidden Life of Deer: Lessons from the Natural World - Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall: - One of the most widely read American anthropologists, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has observed dogs, cats, and elephants during her half-century-long career. In the 1980s Thomas studied elephants alongside Katy Payne--the scientist who discovered elephants' communication via infrasound. In 1993 Thomas wrote The Hidden Life of Dogs , a groundbreaking work of animal psychology that spent nearly a year on the New York Times bestseller list. Her book on cats, Tribe of Tiger , was also an international bestseller. She lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire, on her family's former farm, where she observes deer, bobcats, bear, and many other species of wildlife.