The Gorilla Hunters ( Illustrated )

Book excerpt: The Gorilla Hunters ( illustrated ) book provides a reader with illustrations to interact with R.M. Ballantyne Adventure novel.The reader can appreciate the novel with striking illustrations. Cover illustration was inspired by artists for added interest the reader to know the end of the story H. Beam Piper novel.Cover illustration produced by the passage, "The book's themes are similar to those of The Coral Island, in which the boys testify to the positive influence of missionary work among the natives. Central in the novel is the hunt for gorillas, an animal until recently unknown to the Western world, which came to play an important role in contemporary debates on evolution and the relation between white Westerners and Africans ".There are a few illustrations have been made to make this a really interesting Adventure and Juvenile fiction . The editor also believe that illustrations can help reader develop critical thinking skills, as their brains take in the illustrations and the text and make connections between the two.When reader read books with illustrations, they are able to envision the story in a way that helps them relate to the characters.Illustrations also enable the reader to explore the world within their imagination and make connections between what they have just read and a visual image. When a reader connects what they have read with pictures, it can make the book more real to them.Illustrations are powerful ways of helping this Juvenile fiction novel come alive.NOTE: - The new structure of chapter headings in the novel. They are added here by the editor to assist the reader.- This Book follows the original text.The Gorilla Hunters: A Tale of the Wilds of Africa (1861) is a boys' adventure novel by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne. A sequel to his hugely successful 1858 novel The Coral Island and set in "darkest Africa", its main characters are the earlier novel's three boys: Ralph, Peterkin and Jack. The book's themes are similar to those of The Coral Island, in which the boys testify to the positive influence of missionary work among the natives. Central in the novel is the hunt for gorillas, an animal until recently unknown to the Western world, which came to play an important role in contemporary debates on evolution and the relation between white Westerners and Africans