The Ghosts of Gombe : a true story of love and death in an African wilderness / Dale Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, Dale, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Davis, Ruth, -1969.

Davis, Ruth.

Primatologists--Tanzania--Gombe National Park--20th century.

Primatologists.

Biological stations--Accidents--Tanzania--Gombe National Park.

Biological stations.

Ghosts--Tanzania--Gombe National Park--20th century.

Ghosts.

Accidents--Psychological aspects.

Accidents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

On July 12, 1969, Ruth Davis, a young American volunteer at Dr. Jane Goodall's famous chimpanzee research camp in the Gombe Stream National Park of Tanzania, East Africa, walked out of camp to follow a chimpanzee into the forest. Six days later, her body was found floating in a pool at the base of a high waterfall. With careful detail, The Ghosts of Gombe reveals for the first time the full story of day-to-day life in Goodall's wilderness camp-the people and the animals, the stresses and excitements, the social conflicts and cultural alignments, and the astonishing friendships that developed between three of the researchers and some of the chimpanzees-during the months preceding that tragic event. Was Ruth's death an accident? Did she jump? Was she pushed? In an extended act of literary forensics, Goodall biographer Dale Peterson examines how Ruth's death might have happened and explores some of the painful sequelae that haunted two of the survivors for the rest of their lives.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Prologue

I. The Visit (September 27, 2006)

II. Beginnings (November 1967 to June 1968)

III. The Golden Summer (June to September 1968)

IV. Transitions (September 1968 to March 1969)

V. Love, Chimpanzees, and Death (March to July 1969)

VI. Aftermath (July 1969 to 2007)

Acknowledgments

Dramatis Personae (November 1967 to July 1969)

Illustrations and Credits

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBook Central, viewed July 16, 2025).

ISBN:

9780520969964

0520969960

OCLC:

1003641666