Following Fifi
Subtitle: my adventures among wild chimpanzees : lessons from our closest relatives
By: John Crocker, MD ; foreword by Jane Goodall
Contributors: Goodall, Jane, 1934- writer of foreword
Edition: First Pegasus Books edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781681775685
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Physicians; Travel; Influence; Research; Chimpanzees; Behavior; Zoology; Comparative Psychology; Biography
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Jane Goodall; title: Preface; title: The main players; title: Map of study site location : Gombe Stream National Park; title: Illustration of author's hut in the Gombe forest; title: 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; title: Part two. The medical path. Entering the medical field ; Forest reflections : jungle influences in my practice; title: 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; title: Epilogue.