Among the Great Apes: Adventures on the Trail of Our Closest Relatives - Hardcover

Raffaele, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061671835 ISBN 13: 9780061671838

Publisher: Smithsonian Books, 2010

Synopsis

An engaging mix of reportage, natural history and travelogue takes readers on an exciting and often hazardous journey to witness the last great apes in their native habitats. By the author of Among the Cannibals. 20,000 first printing.

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Review:

“A fantastic book that’s also a really emotional ride. Anyone who cares about animals will benefit hugely from reading it.” —Shaun Ellis, star of Animal Planet’s Living With the Wolfman and author of The Man Who Lives With Wolves (Shaun Ellis, star of Animal Planet's LIVING WITH THE WOLFMAN and author of THE MAN WHO LIVES WITH WOLVES.)

Praise for AMONG THE CANNIBALS: “Simply fascinating. . . . Raffaele’s book is worth devouring.” (Associated Press)

“Swashbuckling. . . . A dark thrill ride to the extremes of behavior . . . reaches beyond adventure anthropology and achieves a tone of urgent humanity.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“[A] modern, non-fiction version of Conan Doyle’s The Lost World: a time-warp glimpse into man’s most primordial nightmare; exciting, fantastic, horrific—and a very well-written travel narrative.” (Peter Nichols, author of A VOYAGE FOR MADMEN)

From the Back Cover:

Paul Raffaele, whom the Washington Post calls the "last of the great, old-fashioned adventure writers," is on a journey to meet the last great apes living in the wild.

The great apes—bonobos, chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas—live in some of the most volatile regions on our planet, lands plagued by civil unrest, poverty, environmental degradation, and corrupt governments. In Among the Great Apes, acclaimed nature journalist Paul Raffaele goes into the wild to see how our closest relatives are faring today. He takes us through isolated jungles and misty mountain forests, sharing wonderfully intimate observations of ape life paired with the most current research about their behavior.

Raffaele introduces us to leading conservationists and researchers working to save and study the apes. But best of all, he gets up close to these amazing animals. As Raffaele moves from Borneo to the Congo, Rwanda, Cameroon, and Uganda in Among the Great Apes, he brings us to the natural habitats of all the species and subspecies of the great apes—a trip possible for perhaps the last time.

About this edition

• Publisher: Smithsonian Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061671835
• ISBN 13: 9780061671838
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 370