Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm

The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beast—the gorilla—only to stumble straight into the center of the biggest debate of the day: Darwin's theory of evolutionIn 1856 Paul Du Chaillu marched into the equatorial wilderness of West Africa determined to bag an animal that, according to legend, was nothing short of a monster. When he emerg...

By Monte Reel
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (March 12, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780385534222
ISBN-13: 978-0385534222
ASIN: 0385534221
Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 1.4 x 9.6 inches
Amazon Rank: 1008375
Format: PDF Text djvu book

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Paul Du Chaillu was the first explorer to encounter the gorilla, and he killed most the animals that he encountered. As pointed out by the author, exploration and hunting were enmeshed. Specimens were killed and stuffed, drawn, sent to museums. Du

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