Trials of the Monkey: A Darwin Goes in Search of America and Happens
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Chapman now lives reclusively in Manhattan, where he is learning to accept that he will never outshine Charles Darwin. As part of this process he recently took a trip to Dayton, Tennessee, where the famous 'Scopes Monkey Trial' took place. This book is about this journey and about the memories it evoked of an overshadowed childhood, of trying to survive both family and Hollywood - the survival of the fittest.
Author: Matthew Chapman
Format: Hardback, 288 pages, 152mm x 216mm, 577 g
Published: 2000, Duckworth Overlook, United Kingdom
Genre: Travel Writing
Description
Chapman now lives reclusively in Manhattan, where he is learning to accept that he will never outshine Charles Darwin. As part of this process he recently took a trip to Dayton, Tennessee, where the famous 'Scopes Monkey Trial' took place. This book is about this journey and about the memories it evoked of an overshadowed childhood, of trying to survive both family and Hollywood - the survival of the fittest.
Trials of the Monkey: A Darwin Goes in Search of America and Happens