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Jennie (novel)
Encyclopedia
Jennie is a novel by American
author Douglas Preston
published in 1994.
, living in the 1970s.
Naturalist
Dr. Hugo Archibald delivers Jennie from her dying mother in the Cameroons
and brings her home to his American
family. His young son, Sandy, becomes extremely attached to Jennie, but Archibald's daughter, Sarah, resents the chimp. Jennie, through her learning of ASL (American Sign Language
), starts to converse and interact with the humans around her.
Eventually, Jennie is released into a wildlife preserve where she simply can not function.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
author Douglas Preston
Douglas Preston
Douglas Preston is an American author who has written seventeen popular techno-thriller and horror novels, four alone and the rest with Lincoln Child...
published in 1994.
Plot summary
Jennie is a chimpanzeeChimpanzee
Chimpanzee, sometimes colloquially chimp, is the common name for the two extant species of ape in the genus Pan. The Congo River forms the boundary between the native habitat of the two species:...
, living in the 1970s.
Naturalist
Naturalist
Naturalist may refer to:* Practitioner of natural history* Conservationist* Advocate of naturalism * Naturalist , autobiography-See also:* The American Naturalist, periodical* Naturalism...
Dr. Hugo Archibald delivers Jennie from her dying mother in the Cameroons
Cameroons
British Cameroons was a British Mandate territory in West Africa, now divided between Nigeria and Cameroon.The area of present-day Cameroon was claimed by Germany as a protectorate during the "Scramble for Africa" at the end of the 19th century...
and brings her home to his American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
family. His young son, Sandy, becomes extremely attached to Jennie, but Archibald's daughter, Sarah, resents the chimp. Jennie, through her learning of ASL (American Sign Language
American Sign Language
American Sign Language, or ASL, for a time also called Ameslan, is the dominant sign language of Deaf Americans, including deaf communities in the United States, in the English-speaking parts of Canada, and in some regions of Mexico...
), starts to converse and interact with the humans around her.
Eventually, Jennie is released into a wildlife preserve where she simply can not function.