The Gorilla Hunters facts for kids
First edition (1861)
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| Author | R. M. Ballantyne |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure novel |
| Publisher | T. Nelson & Sons |
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1861 |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
The Gorilla Hunters: A Tale of the Wilds of Africa (1861) is a boys' adventure novel by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne. A sequel to his hugely successful 1858 novel The Coral Island and set in "darkest Africa", its main characters are the earlier novel's three boys: Ralph, Peterkin and Jack. The book's themes are similar to those of The Coral Island, in which the boys testify to the positive influence of missionary work among the natives. Central in the novel is the hunt for gorillas, an animal until recently unknown to the Western world, which came to play an important role in contemporary debates on evolution and the relation between white Westerners and Africans.
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