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I really like Jane Goodall, but I really don't like monkeys. I read this one because I am working on a letter transcription project and I wanted to see how others have taken a grouping of letters, transcribed, and summarized/grouped into chapters to create a book, so read this for form, not content as much. This was an excellent example of what I was looking for and ended up with great content as well. Very easy to get lost in book about the early life and coming about of Dr. Goodall's lifelong
As others mentioned, this book got off to a slow start and was a bit confusing with all of the different people mentioned in the letters. A list of names and who they were may have been helpful. That being said, I enjoyed learning more about Dr. Goodall who I admire so much. I was happy that the letters from her younger years were included and I feel like I know her better as a person now. I learned many things about her that I was previously unaware of. She is a remarkable woman but over the ye...
This book is a collection of letters, all written by Jane Goodall to various people, mainly her family. The most interesting aspect of the book is just how well she portrays her emotions and her energy through words. Jane Goodall is a one of a kind person. She is passionate, focused and so energetic about the work that she does. This was a nice read after reading her biography last year. The one thing that I didn't like was the amount of letters in the book that were taken from her childhood. Al...
I feel bad giving this a low review but I really struggled through it. I had predicted this to be one of my 5 star books but I was wrong. This book is a series of Jane's letters to family and friends throughout her life through her time in Africa and marriage to Hugo.I loved seeing Jane's non-professional personality shine through: she's cheeky, funny and always has something to say. I would say the second half of the book was better than the first (the first is her childhood and then we move on...
My rating is merely a 3 because it isn’t quite scalable in the way many books are rated. The content is made up of letters from an early age to post-marriage. What I loved the most was discovering an enjoyably-relatable human in all ways. My compliments center around the fact that she wasn’t ‘special’ in the celebrated sense of the word. No... she was/is a human that loves animals, and then followed dreams no different than all of us dreamers. What is one supposed to do with their dreams if not
Very interesting to get a glimpse of Ms Goodall's life from a very different perspective.
This book, although it wasn't very interesting to me, was written in a very unique and practical was. Friends and family of Jane Goodall put together a collection of her most exciting and informative letters she had sent to them and published them. Because they are letters, they describe all of the major events in detail. She talks about school when she was younger and work when she was older. Then, she talks about her adventures and progress with the chimps. She tells about how they struggle wi...
Very interesting reading Jane Goodall's letters, showing her progress from a quite spoilt and protected upper middle class girl to one of the most eminent researchers I can think of. And who would have thought it, Jane Goodall was a flirt! There is so much more to say about privilege leading to opportunities. Beauty making life easier, but in the end for me Jane redeemed herself through her work.
Jane has been my hero ever since I saw her in National Geo with her red high tops and her child named Grub. I didn't know about her life in England at all until I read this book, and my favorite new fact is that her first name is Valerie. If I'd known that sooner, I might have made more efforts to emulate her, and even now, I would be posting these reviews from the forests of Africa.
Not a fan of the editors writing style but if you skip through to Ms. Goodalls letters they’re pretty brill
I admire Jane for her work & I have had the privilege of hearing her speak; this book though did not keep me engrossed and reading her letters for me became quite boring. Especially since there was only her side and many times I became lost in what she was speaking about or replying to at the time of writing the letters. I have to admit that I skimmed through many of the letters.
fascinating. Who would have guessed:She never had an undergraduate degree but obtained an PH. D. from CambridgeShe was so pretty, a flirt and declined several proposals.Wish there were more photos. I found a lot of movie clips of her on YouTuve of some of her favorite chimps. And so many bananas.
This book is comprised of letter written by Jane Goodall from 1942 through 1966, arranged chronologically, with chapter introductions explaining the context for the relevant time period, which spans childhood through the building of a more or less permanent camp at Gombe. Goodall, by far the most successful of Leakey's Angels, is a fantastic writer, so the letters are a joy to read.
Dr. Goodall writes very pleasantly and with good-natured humor its very interesting to get a first hand account of the first close study of Chimpanzee. I can see why a lot of people criticize her for giving her subjects human names. but its still a very through description of the observations
I thought this was a great book to learn more about Jane Goodall and her work with chimpanzees.
This book is made up completely of letters written by Jane Goodall to family, friends and colleagues, starting in1942, when she was seven years old, and ending in 1966.I recently read In The Shadow of Man, and many incidents from that book are recounted in Jane's letters, though from a slightly different perspective, as that book was the result of her research, and this one is her own bubbly personality relating incidents to her family and friends. For the most part this was a fascinating read,
