Works by Monte Reel
Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian… (2013) 297 copies, 14 reviews
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- Monte Reel lives in Buenos Aires with his wife and daughter. He was the South America correspondent for The Washington Post from 2004-2008 and previously wrote for the paper in Washington and Iraq.
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Reel paints a portrait of a man who was, in his way, almost a complete cypher, yet was the inspiration for many in science, literature and even film. He was a colleague of Richard Burton, Algernon Swinburne, Richard Owen, Conan Doyle and many other Victorian luminaries. Jack London, R.M. Ballantyne and other writers owed a debt to him, and even the movie King Kong was partially inspired by him. And yet his origin, his early life, his scientific expeditions and even his death remain shrouded in mystery and controversy. A really engaging read.… (more)