{"product_id":"pursuing-giraffe-a-1950s-adventure-paperback","title":"Pursuing Giraffe: A 1950s Adventure - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Innis Dagg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating memoir from one of the first zoologists to study wild animals in Africa.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the 1950s, Anne Innis Dagg was a young zoologist with a lifelong love of giraffes and a dream to study them in Africa. Based on her extensive journals and letters home, \u003ci\u003ePursuing Giraffe\u003c\/i\u003e vividly chronicles Dagg's realization of that dream and the year she spent studying and documenting giraffe behaviour. Her memoir captures her youthful enthusiasm for her journeys--from Zanzibar to Victoria Falls to Mount Kilimanjaro--as well as her naivet  about the complex social and political issues in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnce in the field, Dagg recorded the complexities of giraffe social relationships but also learned about human relationships in the context of apartheid in South Africa and colonialism in Tanganyika (Tanzania) and Kenya. Hospitality and friendship were readily extended to her as a white woman, but she was shocked by the racism of the colonial whites in Africa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReflecting the twenty-three-year-old author's response to an \"exotic\" world far removed from her home in Toronto, \u003ci\u003ePursuing Giraffe\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating account that has much to say about the status of women in the mid-twentieth century, and the book's foreword by South African novelist Mark Behr (author of \u003ci\u003eThe Smell of Apples and Embrace\u003c\/i\u003e) provides further context for and insights into Dagg's narrative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Innis Dagg\u003c\/b\u003e earned a biology degree from the University of Toronto and a PhD in animal behaviour from the University of Waterloo. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Feminine Gaze: A Canadian Compendium of Non-Fiction Women Authors and Their Books, 1836-1945\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) and \u003ci\u003ePursuing Giraffe: A 1950s Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), both published by WLU Press, and many other books. \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Loves Giraffes\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) is a documentary about her life's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761197842720,"sku":"9780889204638","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ac3e808b5104ee93d381f6d7baebbd12.webp?v=1780201247","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pursuing-giraffe-a-1950s-adventure-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}