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Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man -by Dale Peterson -a Signed Copy ( Biography )
by Peterson, Dale (signed) ( Jane Goodall related)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine (see desciption)/Near Fine (see description)
- ISBN 10
- 0395854059
- ISBN 13
- 9780395854051
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts: Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2006, 1st Edition, First Printing , 2006. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example, small nick at upper spine tip of book, in a Near Fine/Fine dustjacket, looks new, 740 pages, b&w photos, ---this copy has been signed by DALE PETERSON (NOT SIGNED by Jane Goodall ) ---'This essential biography of one of the most influential women of the past century shows how truly remarkable Jane Goodall’s accomplishments have been. Goodall was a secretarial school graduate when Louis Leakey, unable to find someone with more fitting credentials, first sent her to Gombe to study chimpanzees. In this acclaimed work, Dale Peterson details how this young woman of uncommon resourcefulness and pluck would go on to set radically new standards in the study of animal behavior. He vividly captures the triumphs and setbacks of her dramatic life, including the private quest that led to her now-famous activism. ---Peterson, a longtime Goodall collaborator, has a unique knowledge of his subject. Candid and illuminating, this work will be a revelation even to readers who are familiar with the public Goodall as presented in her own writing."---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 6.25w x 9.25h Inches. NOT Price Clipped.
Synopsis
When Louis Leakey first heard about Jane Goodall’s discovery that chimps fashion and use tools, he sent her a telegram: “Now we must redefine tool, redefine man, or accept chimpanzees as human.” But when Goodall first presented her discoveries at a scientific conference, she was ridiculed by the powerful chairman, who warned one of his distinguished colleagues not to be misled by her “glamour.” She was too young, too blond, too pretty to be a serious scientist, and worse yet, she still had virtually no formal scientific training. She had been a secretarial school graduate whom Leakey had sent out to study chimps only when he couldn’t find anyone better qualified to take the job. And he couldn’t tell her what to do once she was in the field— nobody could—because no one before had made such an intensive and long-term study of wild apes. Dale Peterson shows clearly and convincingly how truly remarkable Goodall’s accomplishments were and how unlikely it is that anyone else could have duplicated them. Peterson details not only how Jane Goodall revolutionized the study of primates, our closest relatives, but how she helped set radically new standards and a new intellectual style in the study of animal behavior. And he reveals the very private quest that led to another sharp turn in her life, from scientist to activist.
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- Bookseller
- Leonard Shoup
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 169425
- Title
- Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man -by Dale Peterson -a Signed Copy ( Biography )
- Author
- Peterson, Dale (signed) ( Jane Goodall related)
- Illustrator
- Photo Cover
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine (see desciption)
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine (see description)
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395854059
- ISBN 13
- 9780395854051
- Publisher
- Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2006, 1st Edition, First Printing
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 6.25w x 9.25h Inches
- LCCN
- 2006006050
- Keywords
- Jane Goodall, Chimpanzees, Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIOGRAPHIES;
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Leonard Shoup
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Burlington, Ontario
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