the Jane Goodall Institute

Edited and compiled by Dale Peterson, Africa in my Blood: an Autobiography in Letters; the Early Years, is an up close and personal account of Dr. Goodall’s early work. This collection invites us to read Dr. Goodall’s letters sent to childhood friends, her exciting and heartwarming letters sent home from Gombe and detailed, scientific accounts of her revolutionary discoveries. It is a dramatic, moving, funny and important book that tells the story of how an English girl who loved animals became one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century.  Africa in my Blood is also available in hardcover.