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    Among the Great Apes: Adventures on the Trail of Our Closest Relatives

    By Paul Raffaele

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    “A fantastic book. . . . Anyone who cares about animals will benefit hugely from reading it.” —Shaun Ellis, star of Animal Planet's "Living with the Wolfman" and author of The Man Who Lives with Wolves

    Award winning adventure journalist Paul Raffaele’s Among the Great Apes is the first book in over a decade—and possibly the last ever—to take its readers into the lives of our charismatic cousins the great apes in their native habitats. Raffaele, a feature writer for Smithsonian magazine, has been called “nothing less than a one-of-a-kind world treasure” by renowned author Alvin Toffler.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateFeb 9, 2010
    ISBN9780061969393
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    Among the Great Apes: Adventures on the Trail of Our Closest Relatives
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    Paul Raffaele

    Paul Raffaele has scored many world scoops for such magazines as Reader's Digest, Parade, and Smithsonian, including stories on North Korea, Saharan slave traders, and East Timor's fight for independence. He lives in Sydney, Australia.

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    • 3/5
      I had mixed feelings about this book. I've always been fascinated by the Great Apes, so it was nice to find a book that discusses all of them. I guess I just wished that the book had focused a bit more ON the apes. The author provided background into the area the apes lived in, how difficult those areas are to reach, and the dangers the apes faced. That is understandable. But there was an awful lot of the author in this book that was not a memoir, and much of the information about the author seemed designed to show how macho he was - carrying on despite injuries, arguing aggressively with a zoo conservation specialist, or turning around armed rebels with his charming smile and small talk. He also seemed to reserve his biggest slams to female professionals - he has negative impressions of feminists who were excited about the bonobos more egalitarian culture, as well as various female researches. These features took away from my enjoyment - the great apes should have stayed the star of this book.