Edward Humes discusses Monkey Girl February 16, 2007

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Humes discusses and signs his critically acclaimed new book, Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, and the Battle for America's Soul.

From the Chicago Tribune: "Why Americans continue to pit religion against science... is the question at the heart of Edward Humes' compelling Monkey Girl... Clearly based on exhaustive reporting that takes the reader from the hard benches of a Harrisburg, Pa., federal district courtroom to the kitchen tables of Dover families whose children were taunted as "monkey girls," Humes' fast-moving, richly detailed book reads like a suspense novel.... 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."

From the Los Angeles Times: "Humes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, has opened my eyes. I only wish I could close them again... Monkey Girl is full of vivid descriptions and interesting facts... "

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