Among Chimpanzees : Field Notes from the Race to Save Our Endangered Relatives (Paperback)

from mandersj73

I greatly enjoyed the first part of the book that told the story of the author's personal history of encounters and studies of the great apes in Africa, working with the great Jane Goodall to help give sanctuary and protect these majestic animals. The author is obviously passionate about these an...

from annahesser

This book took me a while to get through, even though I'm very interested in conservation issues. I was glad the book didn't gloss over the enormous poverty surrounded chimp conservation in Africa and discussed multiple efforts being made to make conservation worthwhile for the locals who have to...

from navyjoe98

I received this book as part of the Early Reviewers Program. This was an informative book about the plight of Chimpanzes both in the wild and captivity. The book also details the loss of other African large animal species such as gorillas, bonobos and elephants. The author, who is a medical docto...

from Kikoa

I can vividly remember having a discussion with my first husband, that rather than having children, we should get a chimpanzee. Of course this was not realistic, but spoke to my fascination with primates. This novel speaks to all faucets of involvement with these complex and fascinating creatures...

from GaryLeeJones

AMONG CHIMPANZEES is a personal memoir of Merrick's experiences as a Stanford college student in Africa, working with Jane Goodall in the study of chimpanzees, and of her decades-later return and observation of the dramatic ecological changes that now threaten chimps and other species. Her intent...