Title: The Leakeys : a biography /
Authors: Bowman-Kruhm, Mary
Publisher: Greenwood Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Leakey, Mary D.; Leakey, L. S. B.; Leakey, L. S. B.; Leakey, Mary D.; Leakey, Richard E.; Leakey, Richard E.; Leakey, L. S. B.; Leakey, Mary D.; Anthropology, Physical; Paleoanthropologists Tanzania Olduvai Gorge Biography.; Physical anthropologists Tanzania Olduvai Gorge Antiquities.; Stone age Tanzania Olduvai Gorge.; Fossil hominids Tanzania Olduvai Gorge.; Kenya; Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) Antiquities.
Abstract: A biography of three generations of the Leakey family of paleo-anthropologists recounts the personal lives of the Leakeys and describes their discoveries, publications, and impact on our understanding of human origins and evolution.
Contents: Timeline: Significant events in the lives of the Leakeys -- A fact-finding mission (forward to the past) -- In the beginning ... (Louis, 1925-1933) -- Positive choices, negative voices (Mary, 1913-1936; Louis, 1933-1936) -- War and children : real time (1937-1946) -- Peace and turmoil, personal and political (1947-1958) -- Human history carved in bone (1959-1971) -- Skull drudgery and skullduggery (1972-1977) -- Contentious, contention, and a critical condition (1978-1988) -- Burning his tusks behind him (1989-2003) -- But wait, there's more (2004 and beyond).