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Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm
By Reel, Monte
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Reviewed on July 19, 2013 | Audiobooks
In 1856, Paul Du Chaillu traveled deep into the wilderness of Gabon in search of its mysterious and elusive inhabitant, the gorilla. Poor and without a noted family heritage, Du Chaillu hoped that undertaking this extraordinarily dangerous expedition and bringing back evidence of his encounters with this believed ferocious monster would lead to his acceptance in the scientific community. At the same time, Charles Darwin was completing On the Origin of Species, and when Du Chaillu returned to London, the topic of gorillas had begu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
