Following Fifi: my adventures among wild chimpanzees: lessons from our closest relatives

✍ Scribed by Crocker, John;Goodall, Jane

• Publisher: Pegasus Books Ltd
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Edition: First Pegasus books edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

John Crocker spent eight months in the Gombe forest working with Jane Goodall. He would follow families of wild chimpanzees and learn the fundamental behavioural traits of these chimps as they raised their offspring. Upon returning home and becoming a doctor, Crocker found himself incorporating the lessons he learned into his work as a father and physician.;Foreword / by Jane Goodall -- Preface -- The main players -- Map of study site location : Gombe Stream National Park -- Illustration of author's hut in the Gombe forest -- Part one. Into the forest. Gombe arrival ; Settling in ; A day in the life of Fifi and Freud ; Of chimps and men ; Madame Bee holds her own ; Trust and security ; My friend and mentor : Hamisi Matama ; Knowing Jane ; Leave-taking -- Part two. The medical path. Entering the medical field ; Forest reflections : jungle influences in my practice -- Part three. Return to Gombe. Gombe calling ; Reunion with Jane ; Gombe return ; Back to the forest ; Jane's Peak ; Finding my place ; Forest reflections : how wild chimpanzees helped make me a better father ; A path less traveled : Bubongo Village ; More forest reflections : broadening my perspective on family medicine ; Good-bye again ; Keeping up with Jane -- Epilogue.

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword / by Jane Goodall --
Preface --
The main players --
Map of study site location : Gombe Stream National Park --
Illustration of author's hut in the Gombe forest --
Part one. Into the forest. Gombe arrival
Settling in
A day in the life of Fifi and Freud
Of chimps and men
Madame Bee holds her own
Trust and security
My friend and mentor : Hamisi Matama
Knowing Jane
Leave-taking --
Part two. The medical path. Entering the medical field
Forest reflections : jungle influences in my practice --
Part three. Return to Gombe. Gombe calling
Reunion with Jane
Gombe return
Back to the forest
Jane's Peak
Finding my place
Forest reflections : how wild chimpanzees helped make me a better father
A path less traveled : Bubongo Village
More forest reflections : broadening my perspective on family medicine
Good-bye again
Keeping up with Jane --
Epilogue.

✦ Subjects

Chimpanzees;Chimpanzees--Behavior;Chimpanzees--Behavior--Tanzania--Gombe National Park;Chimpanzees--Tanzania--Gombe National Park;Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.);NATURE--Animals--Primates;Physicians;Physicians--Washington (State)--Seattle;Psychology, Comparative;SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--Primatology;SCIENCE--Natural History;Travel;Zoology--Research;Zoology--Research--Tanzania--Gombe National Park;Nonfiction;Autobiographies;Biographies;Biography;Crocker, John, -- M.D. -- Travel -- Tan