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Indlæser... The search for Peking manaf Christopher G Janus
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An account of the search for the onehalf-million-year-old fossil remains of Peking Man, which were discovered in China in 1926 and lost in 1941 when the Japanese invaded China. No library descriptions found. |
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Unfortunately, the bulk of the book turns out to be about how Janus, the Elite White Man, is going to spend money like water and swan around making things better by being an Elite White Man. He repeatedly comes off as some combinations of arrogant and naive, as he fails to understand why Chinese nationals might be reluctant to get mixed up in the affairs of the government, or why the Nationalist Chinese might be suspicious of someone working for the Communists, or why anybody might be suspicious about anything at all, or think there were anything whatsoever at stake except Science! By halfway through the book I had entirely lost patience with him - it might be the way the book was written, rather than the personalities themselves, but it was simply exceptionally frustrating.
On the other hand, I did like getting filled in on the details of the Peking Man mystery story that still turns up in cryptozoology and unsolved mysteries books - especially the reprints of the Empire State Woman photos, and the detailed follow-up of her story, as well as the meticulous account of what is know to have happened to the fossils the year they were lost. ( )