In My Family Tree: A Life With Chimpanzees

By Sheila Siddle and Doug Cress

Book Overview

Sheila Siddle's life was changed forever one fateful day in 1983 when a local game ranger brought a battered, malnourished chimpanzee to the door of her cattle ranch in central Zambia and asked her to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802117139
• ISBN13: 9780802117137
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Grove Pr
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.3" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Heart-Warming, Inspiring, and Compassionate

Sheila Siddle and her husband, David, are an amazing couple. They show that life is not over when you are at a "retirement" age. They created a whole chimpanzee sanctuary at such an age. Love, compassion, determination, and strong opinions of what is right and wrong all allowed the Siddles to reach out to animals in desperate need. In doing this, they also touch everyone with whom they come in to contact. Mrs. Siddle's book allows them to touch a great deal more of us. Thank you for all of your efforts and for this great book Mrs. Siddle!!

A Must Read

In this beautiful memoir, Sheila Siddle takes readers on magical journey--to Chimfunshi, a wildlife sanctuary Sheila and Dave Siddle founded in Zambia in 1983. Siddle's honest account of their work on behalf of chimpanzees will make you laugh out loud at the wonder and joy of working with wildlife. Siddle's prose also brings the battle for chimpanzees, which is far from won, into vivid and tragic relief. Filled with both humor and profound courage, this book is an inspiring must read for anyone who loves chimpanzees and all wildlife. You can learn more about Chimfunshi at [the website]