Following Fifi : my adventures among wild chimpanzees, lessons from our closest relatives
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Following Fifi : my adventures among wild chimpanzees, lessons from our closest relatives
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Edition:
First Pegasus Books edition.
Physical Description:
xv, 269 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm.
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Includes index.
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Summary:
John Crocker spent eight months in the Gombe forest working with Jane Goodall. He would follow families of wild chimpanzees and learn the fundamental behavioural traits of these chimps as they raised their offspring. Upon returning home and becoming a doctor, Crocker found himself incorporating the lessons he learned into his work as a father and physician.
Contents:
Part one: Into the forest -- Gombe arrival -- Settling in -- A day in the life of Fifi and Freud -- Of chimps and men -- Madame Bee holds her own -- Trust and security -- My friend and mentor: Hamisi Matama -- Knowing Jane -- Leave-taking -- Part two: The medical path -- Entering the medical field -- Forest reflections: jungle influences in my practice -- Part three: Return to Gombe -- Combe calling -- Reunion with Jane -- Gombe return -- Back to the forest -- Jane's Peak -- Finding my place -- Forest reflections: how wild chimpanzees helped make me a better father - A path less traveled: Bubongo village -- More forest reflections: broadening my perspective on family medicine -- Good-bye again -- Keeping up with Jane.
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Publication Info:
New York : Pegasus Books, ©2017.
Subject:
Chimpanzees -- Behavior. |
Psychology, Comparative |
Zoology -- Research -- Tanzania. |
Physicians -- United States -- Biography. |
Gombe National Park (Tanzania) |
Autobiographies. |
Goodall, Jane, 1934- -- Influence. |
Crocker, John, M.D. |
Bryceson, Jane, 1934- |
Goodall, Jane Morris, 1934- |
Goodall, Valerie Jane Morris-, 1934- |
Lawick-Goodall, Jane, Barones van |
Lawick-Goodall, Jane van, 1934- |
Morris-Goodall, Jane, 1934- |
Morris-Goodall, Valerie Jane, 1934- |
Van Lawick-Goodall, Jane, 1934- |
Chimpanzee |
Chimp |
Common chimpanzee |
Pan troglodytes |
Robust chimpanzee |
Behavior, Comparative |
Comparative behavior |
Comparative psychology |
Ethology, Comparative |
Intelligence of animals |
Zoological research |
Gombe Stream National Park (Tanzania) |
Gombe Stream Reserve (Tanzania) |
SAILS ISBN:
9781681775685