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University of California Press

Oakland, California

© 2018 by Dale Peterson

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Peterson, Dale, author.

Title: The ghosts of Gombe : a true story of love and death in an African wilderness / Dale Peterson.

Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017036838 (print) | LCCN 2017043621 (ebook) | ISBN 9780520969964 (ebook) | ISBN 9780520297715 (cloth : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Davis, Ruth, –1969. | Primatologists—Tanzania—Gombe National Park—20th century. | Biological stations—Accidents—Tanzania—Gombe National Park. | Ghosts—Tanzania—Gombe National Park—20th century. | Accidents—Psychological aspects.

Classification: LCC QL31.D392 (ebook) | LCC QL31.D392 P48 2018 (print) | DDC 590.73678—dc23LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017036838

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