Water for elephants
a novel
by Sara Gruen, David LeDoux, and John Randolph Jones
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When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned, jumps onto a passing train, he enters the world of a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after town. A veterinary student, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus animals. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.
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Water for Elephants (Chinese Language)
2007, Ten Points Publishing Co., Ltd., Ten Points Publishing Co., Ltd
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Agua para elefantes/ Water for Elephants
October 30, 2007, Alfaguara
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Water for elephants: a novel
2007, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Algonquin Books
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Water for Elephants: A Novel
April 9, 2007, Algonquin Books
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As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great gray hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and, ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.
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