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Through a Window

My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe

by Jane Goodall
Pearl Hewitt
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In her classic, In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall wrote of her first ten years at Gombe. In Through a Window she continues the story, painting a more complete and vivid portrait of our closest relatives.

On the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Gombe is a community where the principal residents are chimpanzees. Through Goodall's eyes we watch young Figan's relentless rise to power and old Mike's crushing defeat. We learn how one mother rears her children to succeed and another dooms hers to failure. We witness horrifying murders, touching moments of affection, joyous births, and wrenching deaths.

As Goodall compellingly tells the story of this intimately intertwined community, we are shown human emotions stripped to their essence. In the mirror of chimpanzee life, we see ourselves reflected.

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    July 24, 2018

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781977392169
      • File size: 339599 KB
      • Duration: 11:47:29

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Pearl Hewitt deftly continues the story renowned primatologist Jane Goodall began in her first memoir of her work with chimpanzees at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. That book was titled IN THE SHADOW OF MAN. Once more, listeners will strongly relate to the chimpanzees, as does Goodall--she defies scientists by naming (not numbering) them and maintains that they have emotions and intelligence. Tracking them through the forest and witnessing their joys, sorrows, and trials are exhilarating and often heartbreaking. Hewitt warmly shares snippets of Goodall's personal life, but her voice takes on an edge when Goodall describes the horrific things that humans are doing to harm the natural world. Most atmospheric is Hewitt's delivery of Swahili passages and African workers' humor and melodious English. A note of hopefulness is apparent when Hewitt recounts the work of the Jane Goodall Institute. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 1, 1990
      Her first 10 years at Gombe (Tanzania) on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika produced the classic In the Shadow of Man. A fitting successor to that work, Goodall's newest continues the saga of the chimpanzee families with an engrossing account of animal behavior. She examines the mother-child relationship, noting that young males must sever the ties in order to learn male responsibiities (patrolling, repelling intruders, searching for food). There are profiles of special individuals: Goblin, who was determined to rise to the top and stay there; Jomeo, without social ambition; Gigi, a sterile female; Melissa, mother of successful offspring. Other stories of the chimpanzees include a brutal war between troops; a gruesome affair of cannibalism; incidents of injury, death and grief. The reader gets promptly involved with the characters--they have distinct personalities. In the final chapters, Goodall turns to the plight of wild chimpanzees today (loss of habitat) and the appalling living conditions of those in captivity (including laboratory animals). An important book for students of behavior. Photos.

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