Delia Akeley
Libby Robin reviews 'Delia Akeley and the Monkey: A human-animal story of captivity, patriarchy and nature' by Iain McCalman
Libby Robin
Monday, 21 February 2022
Family histories are always complicated. Delia (‘Mickie’) Akeley and her monkey, JT Jr, are the titular family in this intriguing book, but its story includes the grand global family of colonial museums, and the personal families of Theodore Roosevelt and the author, Iain McCalman.
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Published in
March 2022, no. 440