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Monkey Girl
by Edward Humes

ISBN: 0060885483
Ecco, 400 pages, $25.95 		Nonfiction Religion, Science & Nature, Social Sciences
Released 01/31/2007

From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Edward Humes, Monkey Girl takes the reader behind the scenes of the recent war on evolution evolution in Dover, Pennsylvania, the high-profile court case on teaching "intelligent design" it spawned, and the national struggle over what Americans believe about human origins.

Overall Metascore

This is an average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

67 / 100

Critic Reviews

Favorable Booklist Ray Olson
The book is an engrossing community drama and a character-centered, topical history-of-science primer. Humes' clear reportorial style and sympathy for all the principals in Kitzmiller ensure the high interest of both aspects of the book. [1 Jan 2007, p.25]
Favorable Chicago Tribune Lisa Anderson
Humes...may be the most successful so far in making a complicated issue accessible and in putting human faces on both sides of the evolution divide.
Favorable Kirkus Reviews
An illuminating blend of science, religion and politics. [1 Dec 2006]
Favorable Los Angeles Times Kit R. Roane
Humes is a good storyteller, and Monkey Girl…is full of vivid descriptions and interesting facts.
Favorable Washington Post Christine Rosen
[A] lively and thoughtful book.
Unfavorable Wall Street Journal Pamela R. Winnick
Mr. Humes's account is thorough but disappointingly self-righteous.

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