Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe by Jane Goodall

The renowned British primatologist continues the "engrossing account" of her time among the chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania (Publishers Weekly).

In her classic, In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall wrote of her first ten years at Gombe. In Through a Window she continues the story, painting a more complete and vivid portrait of our closest relatives.

On the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Gombe is a community where the principal residents are chimpanzees. Through Goodall's eyes we watch young Figan's relentless rise to power and old Mike's crushing defeat. We learn how one mother rears her children to succeed and another dooms hers to failure. We witness horrifying murders, touching moments of affection, joyous births, and wrenching deaths.

As Goodall compellingly tells the story of this intimately intertwined community, we are shown human emotions stripped to their essence. In the mirror of chimpanzee life, we see ourselves reflected.

"Both humbling and an exalting book, the result of thirty years of voyeurism that ranks with the great scientific achievements of the twentieth century." The Washington Post

"Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees represents one of the Western world's great scientific achievements." -- Stephen Jay Gould 

Table of Contents:
CONTENTS
PREFACE XI
1 GOMBE 1
2 THE MIND OF THE CHIMPANZEE 14
3 THE RESEARCH CENTRE 28
4 MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS 38
5 FIGAN'S RISE 50
6 POWER 62
7 CHANGE 76
8 GILKA 87
9 SEX 99
10 WAR 114
11 SONS AND MOTHERS 130
12 BABOONS 143
13 GOBLIN 159
14 JOMEO 173
15 MELISSA 184
16 GIGI 203
17 LOVE 218
18 BRIDGING THE GAP 235
19 OUR SHAME 247
20 CONCLUSION 268
AFTERWORD 281
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 292
APPENDIX I. SOME THOUGHTS ON THE EXPLOITATION OF NON-HUMAN ANIMALS 300
APPENDIX II. CHIMPANZEE CONSERVATION AND SANCTUARIES 307
GOMBE BIBLIOGRAPHY 313
GOMBE RESEARCH AND SUPPORT 316
INDEX 321
ABOUT THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE 338

Jane Goodall continues to study and write about primate behavior. She has founded the Gombe Stream Research Center in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, and the Jane Goodall Institute for Wild Life Research, Education and Conservation, to provide ongoing support for field research on wild chimpanzees. Dr. Goodall's scores of honors include the Medal of Tanzania, the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal, the Kyoto Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science, and the Gandhi/King Award for Nonviolence. In 2002 she was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. She is the author of several books, including two autobiographies in letters, Africa in My Blood and Beyond Innocence. Today Dr. Goodall spends much of her time lecturing, sharing her message of hope for the future and encouraging young people to make a difference in their world.

Mariner Books Classics

Pub Date: April 07, 2010

1.1" H x 7.9" L x 5.3" W

400 pages

paperback