An edition of Elephant Company (2014)

Elephant Company

the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II

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An edition of Elephant Company (2014)

Elephant Company

the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II

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Publisher
Random House
Language
English

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Subjects

Animals, Asiatic elephant, NATURE, Animals in logging, Adventurers & Explorers, General, Campaigns, Working elephants, World War, 1939-1945, Elephant Company (Great Britain), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Military, History, War use, World War II, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, NATURE / Animals / General, HISTORY / Military / World War II, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2014-08-03, New York Times bestseller, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, burma, Elephants, Animals, war use, Burma, history

People

James Howard Williams, Bandoola (elephant)

Places

Burma

Times

World War 2
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Elephant Company: the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Map
Part One. The making of an elephant wallah.
Chapter 1. The shoulders of a giant ;
Chapter 2. Into the jungle ;
Chapter 3. Meeting the boss -- and the elephants ;
Chapter 4. Initiation rites ;
Chapter 5. How to read an elephant ;
Chapter 6. The fairest tusker of them all ;
Chapter 7. The burning boss ;
Chapter 8. Sex, cricket, and blue cheese ;
Chapter 9. School for men and elephants ;
Chapter 10. Drunk on testosterone ;
Chapter 11. Master class in trust and courage ;
Chapter 12. The jungle family has no wife ;
Chapter 13. "The murder of me" ;
Chapter 14. Bandoola : hero or rogue? ;
Chapter 15. A murder investigation ;
Chapter 16. Rebels and reunions
Part Two. Love and elephants.
Chapter 17. Tiger hour ;
Chapter 18. The cannibal islands ;
Chapter 19. Sunlight and shadow ;
Chapter 20. Into the cauldron
Part Three. War elephants.
Chapter 21. Fleeing Burma ;
Chapter 22. No. 1 war elephant ;
Chapter 23. The making of Elephant Bill ;
Chapter 24. Elephant Company hits its stride ;
Chapter 25. A crazy idea ;
Chapter 26. The elephant stairway
Epilogue.

Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Copyright Date
2014

Classifications

Library of Congress
D767.C76 2014, D767.6 .C76 2014, D767.6.C76 2014

The Physical Object

Format
hardcover
Pagination
xiv, 343 p., illus., maps
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL26237485M
ISBN 13
9781400069330
LCCN
2013032280
OCLC/WorldCat
937858247, 861672342

Work Identifiers

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OL17632035W

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