In the Shadow of Man
by Van Lawick-Goodall. Jane
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0395127262
- ISBN 13
- 9780395127261
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflan Company, Boston, MA, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 297 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket intact with flaps, but has chunk missing from spine, and other signs of wear. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Jane van Lawick-Goodall's account of her life among the wild chimpanzees, illustrated with photographs by her husband Hugo van Lawick, is one of the most enthralling stories of animal behavior ever written. It is unique in dealing with the member of the animal kingdom closest to man. So complex is the social organization of a chimpanzee community, so obvious are the many parallels between chimpanzee and human relationships, that the author sometimes felt as if she were making a study of village life. For a human being to become accepted by a group of wild animals is a major achievement. The author's adventure began in 1960, when the famous anthropologist, L. S. B. Leakey, for whom she was then working, suggested that a long-term study of chimpanzees in the wild might shed light on the behavior of our stone-age ancestors. Accompanied only by her mother and her African assistants, she set up camp in the remote Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. For months the project seemed hopeless; out in the jungle from dawn till dark, she had but fleeting glimpses of frightened animals. At last came the day when she was accepted, and no longer feared. She was able to record previously unknown behavior, such as the use -- and even the making -- of tools, hitherto considered an exclusive skill of man. As the chimps began to come into her camp, she became increasingly aware of them as individual beings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Animals & Birds; Animal Behaviour; Tanzania; 1960s; Science & Technology. ISBN: 0395127262. ISBN/EAN: 9780395127261. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10235. . 9780395127261
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10235
- Title
- In the Shadow of Man
- Author
- Van Lawick-Goodall. Jane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395127262
- ISBN 13
- 9780395127261
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflan Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- BZDB137 jane goodall, tanzania, africa, chimps, chimpanzees, gombe reserve, behaviour, Animals & Birds; Animal Behaviour; Tanzania; 1960s; Science & Technology. Unbranded ISBN: 0395127262 EAN: 9780395127261 Van Lawick-Goodall. Jane In the Shado
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