Beyond Innocence

The second volume of Jane Goodall's autobiography in letters, Beyond Innocence covers her life after the publication of In the Shadow of Man, the book that, along with articles in the National Geographic, made her famous. This collection of letters details the eminent scientist's greatest triumphs and deepest tragedies: her major discoveries about chimpanzee behavior, the breakup of her marriage to Hugo van Lawick, the birth and raising of her son, the kidnapping of some of her students by guerrillas, her marriage to Derek Bryceson and his death, and her growing concern about the future of her beloved chimpanzees and of the world in general. Beyond Innocence tells of events that shattered many of the dreams of Goodall's youth but also changed her from a rather private observer to a public crusader.