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Following Fifi: My Adventures Among Wild Chimpanzees: Lessons from our Closest Relatives
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An exhilarating quest into a remote African forest to examine chimpanzees and understand the roots of human behavior.
As a young student, John Crocker embarked on the adventure of a lifetime, spending eight months in the Gombe forest working with Jane Goodall. He followed families of wild chimpanzees from sunrise to sunset and learned the fundamental behavioral traits of these chimps as they raised their offspring.

One chimpanzee captivated him. Her name was Fifi, and she displayed extraordinary patience and reassurance toward her infant, Freud. Upon returning home and becoming a doctor, Crocker found himself incorporating the lessons he learned from Fifi into his work as a father and physician.

Crocker shares how his time spent with our closest animal cousins has helped him better understand his patients with ADD, anxiety, and depression, and how primate traits hardwired into our own natural behavior help chimpanzees protect their community, raise their young, and survive. Finally, chronicling his return to Gombe thirty-six years later with his own son, he reflects on how his experience with the chimps has come full circle.

An illuminating book that will raise thought-provoking questions about the evolution of human behavior and the importance of patience and strong family bonds, Following Fifi provides a greater understanding of what it means to be human.
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An exhilarating quest into a remote African forest to examine chimpanzees and understand the roots of human behavior.
As a young student, John Crocker embarked on the adventure of a lifetime, spending eight months in the Gombe forest working with Jane Goodall. He followed families of wild chimpanzees from sunrise to sunset and learned the fundamental behavioral traits of these chimps as they raised their offspring.

One chimpanzee captivated him. Her name was Fifi, and she displayed extraordinary patience and reassurance toward her infant, Freud. Upon returning home and becoming a doctor, Crocker found himself incorporating the lessons he learned from Fifi into his work as a father and physician.

Crocker shares how his time spent with our closest animal cousins has helped him better understand his patients with ADD, anxiety, and depression, and how primate traits hardwired into our own natural behavior help chimpanzees protect their community, raise their...
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An exhilarating quest into a remote African forest to examine chimpanzees and understand the roots of human behavior.
As a young student, John Crocker embarked on the adventure of a lifetime, spending eight months in the Gombe forest working with Jane Goodall. He followed families of wild chimpanzees from sunrise to sunset and learned the fundamental behavioral traits of these chimps as they raised their offspring.

One chimpanzee captivated him. Her name was Fifi, and she displayed extraordinary patience and reassurance toward her infant, Freud. Upon returning home and becoming a doctor, Crocker found himself incorporating the lessons he learned from Fifi into his work as a father and physician.

Crocker shares how his time spent with our closest animal cousins has helped him better understand his patients with ADD, anxiety, and depression, and how primate traits hardwired into our own natural behavior help chimpanzees protect their community, raise their young, and survive. Finally, chronicling his return to Gombe thirty-six years later with his own son, he reflects on how his experience with the chimps has come full circle.

An illuminating book that will raise thought-provoking questions about the evolution of human behavior and the importance of patience and strong family bonds, Following Fifi provides a greater understanding of what it means to be human.
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      • content: Crocker, who studied chimpanzees with Jane Goodall, presents an intriguing analysis of human behavior in his new book. In focusing on an incredible chimp mother named Fifi, he reveals that we have a lot to gain by learning from chimp parenting.
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      • content: Beautiful descriptions of the natural surroundings in Tanzania and the importance of spending time in nature weave their ways throughout the narrative. An absorbing tale of the profundity of the human-chimp bond and how it can inform interactions among humans.
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      • source: Frans de Waal, New York Times bestselling author of 'Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?'
      • content: Spending time with wild chimpanzees—and watching their mothering skills—has marked John Crocker for life and shaped his work as a family doctor. A delightful book full of love and respect for both animals and humans.
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      • source: Thor Hanson, author of 'Feathers' and 'The Triumph of Seeds'
      • content: John Crocker's memoir traces a unique and fascinating arc from his early fieldwork with Jane Goodall, through a career in family medicine, and then back to revisit the people and chimpanzees at Gombe Stream. Written with genuine feeling and filled with intriguing insights, Following Fifi is a great read.
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      • source: Library Journal
      • content: A sympathetic personal journey that explores the many profound similarities between humans and the creatures with whom we share 96 percent of our DNA, this book will make a great addition to public and college libraries alike.
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      • source: Publishers Weekly
      • content: Eloquent and appreciative. Crocker thoughtfully muses on parenting, nostalgia, and lifelong friendship. Crocker's book is emotionally stirring without being overly sentimental, and is as much about human experience as it is about comparative ethology.
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      • content: A truly extraordinary book. As I read it I was transported back to those wonderful days when I lived in Gombe. It is fascinating to read how John's observations of chimpanzee children with their mothers and other family members helped him understand the problems of a human child.
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        October 1, 2017
        The story of how a doctor's experiences with wild chimpanzees influenced his work with his human patients.As a senior at Stanford in 1973, Crocker was given the chance to be a part of Jane Goodall's study of chimpanzees in the Gombe forest of Tanzania. He lived in a small hut and worked with other field assistants, following mothers and their infants through the jungle and studying their eating, nurturing, and nesting habits. The author developed strong bonds with the animals, particularly one mother, Fifi, and her son, Freud, and he carried lessons forward during his three-decade career as a family doctor in Seattle. Crocker used what he learned from the chimpanzees to help his patients who had children with ADHD or were suffering from feelings of isolation while always feeling the pull of Tanzania in his day-to-day life. He finally decided to return to the country with his son to show him the location and the chimps who had played such a large role in his life. Because expectations were so high, the return trip was filled with both delight and disappointment. Crocker's tale is full of insightful commentary on the nature of animals and the animal nature found in humans. His story of discovery and friendships exudes the deep awe and respect he feels for the chimpanzees and the friends he made as a young man, who have remained constants in his life. He discusses the hopes and fears of parenting and the delicate balance a parent must walk trying to help a child find his own way in the world. Beautiful descriptions of the natural surroundings in Tanzania and the importance of spending time in nature weave their ways throughout the narrative.An absorbing tale of the profundity of the human-chimp bond and how it can inform interactions among humans.

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        October 9, 2017
        Patience, compassion, presence, and gratitude are the values championed by Crocker, a family physician, in this eloquent and appreciative memoir of his time as a student of Jane Goddall at Gombe, Tanzania, in 1973. Crocker begins his narrative with his experiences living in rugged forest conditions while following several mother-infant chimpanzee pairs, particularly matriarch Fifi and her playful son Freud. The too-short second part relates how understanding chimp behavior models helps Crocker’s work as a family doctor, providing him with an orientation toward promoting strong parent-child attachment and insight as to how difficult behaviors, such as those associated with ADHD, could have been adaptive to human ancestors. Crocker closes by chronicling his return in 2009, accompanied by his 19-year-old son, to a more commercialized Gombe. They observe Freud as an elder and visit the home village of Hamisi, who had served as Crocker’s field guide. Crocker thoughtfully muses on parenting, nostalgia, and lifelong friendship; he shows how the connection he made with primates affected him and taught him how to bring wise and loving care to his young patients. Crocker’s book is emotionally stirring without being overly sentimental, and is as much about human experience as it is about comparative ethology. Color photos. Agent: Michelle Tessler, Tessler Literary.

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      • source: Library Journal
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        November 15, 2017

        In this autobiographical account, Seattle-based family physician Crocker fondly recalls his experiences as one of several student research assistants working under legendary primatologist Jane Goodall. In 1974, as a 22-year-old Stanford undergraduate, Crocker traveled to Gombe National Park in Tanzania to assist in observing the Kasekela chimpanzee community. Students were paired with local Tanzanian field guides and assigned to follow specific chimps. Crocker was especially impressed by chimp mother Fifi's nurturing behavior toward her young son Freud. The author recounts how this formative experience shaped his perspective on the world and his approach to medicine. The lessons he gleaned from watching Fifi as a parent, and the insight he gained into human evolution have influenced his treatment of ADHD, anxiety, and depression. Thirty-five years later, Crocker returned to Gombe with his teenage son to revisit the place that has meant so much to him. Fast-moving and readable, the narrative provides engaging anecdotal examples from both chimps and human patients. VERDICT A sympathetic personal journey that explores the many profound similarities between humans and the creatures with whom we share 96 percent of our DNA, this book will make a great addition to public and college libraries alike.--Lindsay Morton, P.L. of Science, San Francisco

        Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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