Here, in a follow up to last year's spiritual autobiography Reason for Hope, are displayed the roots of that work, in a thick, fun, enlightening, somewhat diffuse compilation of letters that Goodall wrote to relatives, friends, and colleagues over the first 32 years of her life, now amplified by Peterson's introduction and annotations. this is a valuable book." The San Francisco Chronicle "No one, perhaps, has done more for great apes than Goodall, whose decades of work with Kenyan chimpanzees showed the rest of the world how chimps live - how they use tools, eat, sleep, have sex, raise their young, fight, make peace - demonstrating that they deserve further study as well as human protection. She is, as other writers have noted, a real-life Horatio Alger. Africa in My Blood confirms these additional talents." -Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Often letter anthologies are the purview of a subject's near-evangelical followers, but Africa in My Blood is an engrossing primate primer, a treat for old fans, and a fitting tribute to the woman who first made science friendly." -Biography Magazine "An intimate and vivid portrait" -Natural History Magazine "Jane Goodall is more than just a remarkable scientist. "is a natural writer and riveting storyteller. AFRICA IN MY BLOOD is a dramatic, moving, funny, and important book that tells the story of how an English girl who loved animals became one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century. At Gombe we see her immerse herself in the lives of wild animals as no one had done before. We see Goodall grow from a schoolgirl into the promising young candidate whom the legendary Louis Leakey sent to a wildlife preserve on the shores of Lake Tanganyika to undertake a revolutionary study of chimpanzees. It reveals this remarkable woman more vividly and clearly than anything that has been published before, by her or about her.
Photos.ĪFRICA IN MY BLOOD is an extraordinary self-portrait, in letters and commentary, of Jane Goodall's early years, from childhood to the landmark publication of IN THE SHADOW OF MAN. Here is the girl who punts at Oxford, who journeys to Africa for the first time, and blooms into one of the most honored scientists of our time.
About the Book A collection of anthropologist Goodall's letters from her early years reveals the person only her friends and family knew until now.
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