Reviews
A born storyteller, Haught offers interesting, lively, and well-paced accounts of the events he describes, providing a satisfying survey of controversy with deep historical roots that continues to affect science education even today.
--Evolution: Education and Outreach
Going Ape is informative, helping to put the nationwide exploits of the anti-evolutionists in perspective, and, as a bonus, it is enjoyable to read.
--Reports of the National Center for Science Education
This volume occupies a unique place in the burgeoning literature about evolution/creationism battles in the US....Recommended.
--Choice
An exhaustive history of the efforts in the Legislature and local school boards to stop or counter the teaching of evolution over the past 90 years.
--Daytona Beach News-Journal
As Haught follows the battle over evolution from churches to school boards to the Legislature, the book starts to feel like that dog-eared whodunit you drag out to read each summer vacation.
--Tallahassee Democrat
A meticulous account of the 90-year debate over the teaching of evolution in Florida’s public schools... full of high drama and raw emotion.
--The Weekly Standard
[A] dramatic and compelling story.
--Voice of Reason
An excellent source on the intersection between science and Florida politics and how the debates have shaped education and the industry related to it.
--Journal of Southern History
Carefully documented and clearly written, and particularly strong at showing how average citizens driven by moral commitments can take controversial stands on a deeply divisive topic.
--Florida Historical Quarterly