Disclosing the Past (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Mary Nicol
- First Published: 1984
- Time of Work: 1913–1983
- Setting: England, Kenya, and Tanzania
- Principal Characters: Mary Leakey, Louis Leakey, Richard Leakey, Jonathan Leakey, Philip Leakey, Heslon Mukiri
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: History, Family or family life, Africa or Africans, Autobiography, Science or scientists, Anthropology or anthropologists, Archaeology or archaeologists, Discoveries, Prehistoric humans, Evolution, Excavations
- Locales: England, Kenya, Tanzania
Form and Content
Disclosing the Past, by Mary Leakey, is a collection of memories, personal anecdotes, and commentary written by a woman some call the most important archaeologist of the twentieth century. Leakey did not keep a personal diary. To write this book, she relied on the help of friends and family members and on a sizable collection of note cards, on which she recorded memories as they came to her. She arranged these cards in chronological order, creating a book that highlights those events that she thought were important or memorable. The book also includes a...
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