Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters: The Later Years.

GOODALL, Jane. Edited by Dale Peterson.

ISBN 10: 0618125205 / ISBN 13: 9780618125203

Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2001

First edition / First printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Black cloth spine, tan paper-covered boards. xiii, 418 pages. Fine in very fine dust jacket. The first of a generation of women in Africa, initially without scientific training, who revolutionized our view of nature, conservation and the appropriate treatment of wild animals. Mentored by Louis Leakey, she began studying chimpanzees in Gombe in 1960. Her close studies of the Chimpanzees in the wild led to several major breakthroughs. Winner of the Kyoto Award 1n 1990, The Hubbard Medal in 1995, The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement in 1997, Dame Commander of the British Empire in 2004, and The Templeton Prize in 2021. She studied at Cambridge in the mid 1960's and received a Doctor of Philosophy in 1966. She has been a vocal environmentalist since the beginning, and founded the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977 and Roots and Shoots for the environmental education of children in 1991. Seller Inventory # 109516

Synopsis:

A second volume of letters by the renowned scientist chronicles her greatest trials and tribulations, from making startling discoveries about chimpanzee behavior and the birth of her son Grub to her marriage to Derek Bryceson and and her mission to stop chimpanzees from being injected with HIV, which forced her to evolve from a private observer to a public crusader. 25,000 first printing.

About the Author: Dale Peterson is the author of THE DELUGE AND THE ARK and coauthor, with Richard Wrangham, of DEMONIC MALES . He resides in Massachusetts.

Jane Goodall was a young secretarial school graduate when Louis Leakey sent her to Tanzania in 1960 to study chimpanzees. She later received a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and has become one of the world's most honored scientists and writers. Jane Goodall's research on chimpanzees has been described by Stephen Jay Gould as "one of the Western world's great scientific achievements." Her books include the recent REASON FOR HOPE, IN THE SHADOW OF MAN, and THROUGH A WINDOW. She is the co-author with Dale Peterson of VISIONS OF CALIBAN. She resides in Tanzania.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in ...
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition