A review by autistic_dragon
Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure That Took the Victorian World by Storm by Monte Reel

5.0

Amazing! I haven't read a book this breathtaking in a long time. It takes you back to the time when there were still large areas of wilderness unexplored by modern society. While there are some parts that made me cringe, especially when reminded about 19th-century attitudes on race, the reality checks allow readers to dive in to a bygone era without completely being enveloped with distorting nostalgia. It also allows for an appreciation of scientific data as a liberating truth. All in all, I recommend this book to everyone, even those normally not interested in the genre.