Trials of the Monkey: An Accidental MemoirDuck Editions, 2000 - 337 pages A piece of confessional non-fiction, this 'accidental memoir' aims to shed new light on the Darwinian point of view. A descendent of Charles Darwin, Mathew Chapman grew up feeling intensely and hopelessly competitive with his ancestor. Tormented by a skin disease which disfigured him thoughout his youth, Chapman grew into a shy teenager, until cured, when he reunited himself with society in a most rampant and promiscuous way - ending up in Hollywood. |
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... Trial , the trial of a schoolteacher accused of teaching evolu- tion in defiance of Tennessee law . This was not an arbitrary choice . My great - great - grandfather was Charles Darwin , something I had given little thought to as an ...
... Trial , the trial of a schoolteacher accused of teaching evolu- tion in defiance of Tennessee law . This was not an arbitrary choice . My great - great - grandfather was Charles Darwin , something I had given little thought to as an ...
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... trial ever to be broadcast live - by radio - not only to America but also to Europe and Australia , it was given the title ' The Trial Of The Century ' , and for my money it remains so . A philosophical skirmish between religion and ...
... trial ever to be broadcast live - by radio - not only to America but also to Europe and Australia , it was given the title ' The Trial Of The Century ' , and for my money it remains so . A philosophical skirmish between religion and ...
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... trial transcript lies across my sour stomach . I get dressed and , exhausted and hungover , plod across the parking lot to the Frontier Diner , picking up a Herald - News on the way in . Hoping to quell a continuing feeling of dread and ...
... trial transcript lies across my sour stomach . I get dressed and , exhausted and hungover , plod across the parking lot to the Frontier Diner , picking up a Herald - News on the way in . Hoping to quell a continuing feeling of dread and ...
Contents
The End | 1 |
An Alligator Up My Arse In Roanoke Virginia | 10 |
The Menace Of Darwinism | 21 |
Copyright | |
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