Carl Akeley's Africa; the account of the Alekey-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History,

In 1909 Akeley accompanied Theodore Roosevelt on a year long expedition in Africa. In 1921, eager to learn about gorillas to determine if killing them for museum dioramas was justified, Akeley led an expedition to Mt. Mikeno in the Virunga Mountains at the edge of the then Belgian Congo. At that time, gorillas were quite exotic, with very few even in zoos, and collecting such animals for educational museum exhibitions was not uncommon. In the process of "collecting" several mountain gorillas, Akeley's attitude was fundamentally changed and for the remainder of his life he worked for the establishment of a gorilla preserve in the Virungas. Mary L. Jobe Akeley, Carl's wife, wrote this book as a diary/memoir of his life, expeditions and efforts.