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Between Man and Beast: A Tale of Exploration & Evolution
By Reel, Monte
- ISBN
- 9780385534222 9780385534239
- Publisher
- Doubleday
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Reviewed on March 1, 2013 | Science and Technology
In 1856, explorer and amateur naturalist Paul du Chaillu undertook a treacherous expedition through West Africa, after which he brought back to England the first known specimens of the African gorilla ever seen there. Reel (The Last of the Tribe: The Epic Quest To Save a Lone Man in the Amazon) examines the colorful life and times of du Chaillu. He ably depicts how du Chaillu's hugely popular expedition chronicle, Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa, and his unnervingly humanlike pr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
