Among the Great Apes

Adventures on the Trail of Our Closest Relatives

by Paul Raffaele

On Sale: 03/15/2011

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Among the Great Apes

Adventures on the Trail of Our Closest Relatives

by Paul Raffaele

On Sale: 03/15/2011

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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.

Critical Praise

“A fantastic book that’s also a really emotional ride. 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 — Shaun Ellis, star of Animal Planet's LIVING WITH THE WOLFMAN and author of THE MAN WHO LIVES WITH WOLVES.

Praise for AMONG THE CANNIBALS: “Simply fascinating. . . . Raffaele’s book is worth devouring.” — Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers

“Swashbuckling. . . . A dark thrill ride to the extremes of behavior . . . reaches beyond adventure anthropology and achieves a tone of urgent humanity.” — Kirkus Reviews

“[A] modern, non-fiction version of Conan Doyle’s The Lost World: a time-warp glimpse into man’s most primordial nightmare; exciting, fantastic, horrific—and a very well-written travel narrative.” — Peter Nichols, author of A VOYAGE FOR MADMEN