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Aug 31, 2019 06:07AM
Dr Jane Goodall is a hero to me, yet I've never read any of her books or work. And I'm a bit ashamed that it took me over a year to pick one of her books for the book club but regardless it's the eve of a new month and a new book and it's time! This book is about her time in Tanzania, living with chimpanzees in the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve. Her work with the chimpanzees was/is revolutionary and I'm excited to read about her experiences and work!
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Apparently this book is hard to find, as it turns out. I thought I had a copy, but I really just have 3 other awesome books by Jane Goodall. It's not available on kindle, at my library, or locally at any bookstore so I've ordered a copy for myself on Thriftbooks. Feel free to read a different book by Jane Goodall if you want instead this month!!
Is anyone else reading this month? I'm almost done and I'm so totally enthralled and blown away by her experiences in Gombe. The chimps read like characters in a story, which of course they are, but it's fascinating. Can I be like Jane Goodall when I grow up? :D
I finished this book a little late BUT I loved it. Jane Goodall is very insightful and I loved reading about the chimpanzees at Gombe like characters in a story. Which they are, but I felt like I knew them by the end of the book and was invested in their lives. Simultaneously I learned a lot about chimps that I didn't know before. It's really amazing how much Jane Goodall accomplished in those early years at Gombe with very little scientific training, or maybe because she didn't have a lot of formal training in preparation for it. She's really an amazing person and I am going to read more of her books.
