Leakeys A Biography

Name: Leakeys A Biography
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ISBN: 9781591027614

ISBN-10: 1591027616

ISBN-13: 9781591027614

Edition: 2009

Authors: Mary Bowman-Kruhm

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Three generations of Leakeys have scratched in the baked, unfriendly soil of East Africa to unearth fossil evidence of the earliest humans and their ancient ancestors. This engrossing biography tells their story.

Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/24/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 181
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.13" long x 5.12" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Mary Bowman-Kruhm is the author of more than thirty books for children and young adults. She is a faculty associate at Johns Hopkins University's School of Education, Center for Technology in Education. More on the author can be found at marybk.com



Acknowledgements


Introduction


Timeline: Significant Events in the Lives of the Leakeys



A Fact-Finding Mission (Forward to the Past)



In the Beginning...(Louis, 1925-1933)



Positive Choices, Negative Voices (Mary, 1913-1936, Louis, 1937-1946)



War and Children: Real Time (1937-1946)



Peace and Turmoil, Personal and Political (1947-1958)



Human History Carved in Bone (1959-1971)



Skull Drudgery and Skullduggery (1972-1977)



Contentious, contention, and a Critical Condition (1978-1988)



Burning His Tusks behind Him (1989-2003)



But Wait, There's More...(2004 and Beyond)


Postscript


Glossary


Bibliography


Index