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Monte Reel

Biography

Monte Reel

Monte Reel is a former South America correspondent for the Washington Post, and he also reported for the newspaper in Washington and Iraq. His first book, THE LAST OF THE TRIBE (2010), chronicles the story of the last surviving member of an indigenous tribe in the Amazon rainforest. After spending seven years in Argentina, he recently moved to the Chicago area, where he lives with his wife and two daughters. He is originally from Mattoon, Illinois.

Monte Reel

Books by Monte Reel

Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm
by Monte Reel - History, Nonfiction

In 1856, Paul Du Chaillu ventured into the African jungle in search of a mythic beast, the gorilla. After wild encounters with vicious cannibals, deadly snakes and tribal kings, Du Chaillu emerged with 20 preserved gorilla skins --- two of which were stuffed and brought on tour --- and walked smack dab into the biggest scientific debate of the time: Darwin's theory of evolution. Quickly, Du Chaillu's trophies went from objects of wonder to key pieces in an all-out intellectual war.