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A review by rita42
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
“I am drawn to the notion of wildness—how it shapes our fears and dreams, and how those fears and dreams can, in turn, reshape the wild.”
Paul Du Chaillu, a now forgotten explorer, marched deep into the African wild, into a land where science and myth mix, an uncharted region populated by stories of great killer beasts and humanoid monsters, and he made a discovery that put him at the centre of the debate of the age.
This book relates Du Chaillu's travels, his evolution from an adventurer/hunter into a man of science and proper explorer, how his discoveries impacted the scientific world of the 19th century and paved the way for modern concepts, most notably ecological conservation.
His life was truly remarkable and exciting, Monte Reel has done him justice with this wonderful book.
Paul Du Chaillu, a now forgotten explorer, marched deep into the African wild, into a land where science and myth mix, an uncharted region populated by stories of great killer beasts and humanoid monsters, and he made a discovery that put him at the centre of the debate of the age.
This book relates Du Chaillu's travels, his evolution from an adventurer/hunter into a man of science and proper explorer, how his discoveries impacted the scientific world of the 19th century and paved the way for modern concepts, most notably ecological conservation.
His life was truly remarkable and exciting, Monte Reel has done him justice with this wonderful book.