Saturday, February 27, 2016

"Between Man and Beast" by Monte Reel

An ok biography of Paul Du Chaillu who explored parts of Africa during the Victorian era and was key to introducing gorilla specimens to England and the United States. Paul was also an adventure writer and a writer of children's stories. Aspects of the book I didn't like included ugly displays of human nature re evolution, personal jealousies etc. I did enjoying reading about Darwin and Huxley and other people of their ilk. This biography was very distant from its subject. It felt like reading hearsay, and I did not feel close to Paul, ever.

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