Books written by Dale Peterson

Storyville, USA

Invited to play at Carnegie Hall in 1938 , Johnson died instead , poisoned by a loving woman's hating husband , fading from this hard life in a spectacular hydrophobic paroxysm : “ foaming at the mouth , crawling around on all fours ...

Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

Translated by H. Briffault . Baltimore , Md .: Johns Hopkins University Press . Law , Robin . 1993. " The ' Amazons ' of Dahomey . " Paideuma 39 : 246– 260 . Leacock , Eleanor . 1993. " Women in Samoan History : A Further Critique of ...

Eating Apes

You must read this book. And then you must follow the advice of Peterson and Amman as to what you can do to help stop it."—Roger Fouts, author of Next of Kin

Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man

Jane's field journal from Lolui opens on Sunday , June 12 , with the confession of a late start . Did not wake up quite as early as I intended , but was on the island by 7 am . Ma stayed behind to make some bread & tidy up .

Thirty-Three Ways of Looking at an Elephant

Peterson concludes with a section on fictional and literary elephants and ends on a hopeful note with the 1967 essay “Dear Elephant, Sir,” which argues for the moral imperative to save elephants as an act of redemption for their ...

Giraffe Reflections

Thanks to these lyrical words and soulful photos, you'll never forget how blessed we are to have these prehistoric-looking animals on our planet--nor forgive the loss we'd endure should we allow them to vanish." —Sy Montgomery, author of ...

Eating Apes

" This book documents in text and photographs how wild animals in the Congo Basin, particularly the Great Apes but also chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas, are slaughtered and used for human consumption.

A Mad People’s History of Madness

He traces the development of the private madhouse system in England and the state-run asylum system in the United States. Included is the first comprehensive bibliography of writings by the mentally ill.

A Mad People's History of Madness

The Moral Lives of Animals

Examines the moral behavior observed in animals and argues that human beings are not the only species to live by the principles of cooperation, kindness, and empathy.

Visions of Caliban: On Chimpanzees and People

The authors use Shakespeare's Tempest as a metaphor for the relationship between people and chimps, exploring the very human aspects of this remarkable species. Original.

Giraffe Reflections

The most comprehensive book on giraffes to appear in the last fifty years, this volume presents a magnificent portrait of a group of animals who, in spite of their legendary elegance and astonishing gentleness, may not entirely survive this ...

The Moral Lives of Animals

They also discovered that the animals seemed to seek out being tickled, and that this activity stimulated them in their own play. Thinking in evolutionary terms, the scientists decided, as they would later phrase it, “to remain open to ...

The Ghosts of Gombe: A True Story of Love and Death in an African Wilderness

"This book, written by the author of the "definitive" biography of primatologist Jane Goodall, presents in sweeping detail the story of a group of young volunteers and students doing animal behavior research on chimpanzees, baboons, and red ...

Elephant Reflections

Presents a pictorial celebration of the elephant, moving from the informative to the purely aesthetic, and introduces the natural history and conservation of the animal as well as the politics of the ivory trade.

Chimpanzee Travels: On and Off the Road in Africa

This is travel writing with a purpose, an account that inspires both admiration and concern for Africa's people, places, and natural diversity.

Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

This study is an analysis of the roots of human savagery, dealing with the fundamental questions of why the majority of violence is perpetrated by men, whether this is a matter of nature or nurture and whether anything can be done about it.

Leave a Well in the Valley

This book will encourage you and show you how it is possible for a man to live through difficult times with great integrity and to use the lessons that God taught him to refresh the lives of others. --from back cover.

The Deluge and the Ark: A Journey Into Primate Worlds

Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

Whatever their virtues, men are more violent than women. Why do men kill, rape, and wage war, and what can we do about it? Demonic Males offers startling new answers...