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LEADER: 02829cam a2200469 i 4500
001 2013032280
003 DLC
005 20151006075826.0
008 131028s2014 nyuab 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013032280
020 $a9781400069330 (hardback)
020 $z9780679603993 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aa-br---
050 00 $aD767.6$b.C76 2014
082 00 $a940.54/259591092$223
084 $aBIO023000$aNAT001000$aHIS027100$2bisacsh
100 1 $aCroke, Vicki.
245 10 $aElephant Company :$bthe inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II /$cVicki Constantine Croke.
246 30 $aInspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II
264 1 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$c[2014]
300 $axiv, 343 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 297-328) and index.
520 $a"J.H. "Billy" Williams always had an affinity for animals. So, when he responded to job offer with the East India Company to work with logging elephants his family wasn't surprised, though worried that he had already come back from World War I in one piece, would he be so lucky with India? Not only did he find his calling with the elephants in India, Billy and his elephants became war heroes. At the onset of World War II, Williams formed Elephant Company and was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in Burma and saving refugees, including on his own "Hannibal Trek." Billy Williams became a media sensation during the war, telling reporters that the elephants did more for him than he was ever able to do for them, but his story has since been forgotten. Part biography, part war story, and part wildlife adventure, Croke delivers an utterly charming narrative and an important, little-known piece of the legacy of World War II"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes index.
600 10 $aWilliams, J. H.$q(James Howard),$d1897-
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zBurma.
610 10 $aElephant Company (Great Britain)
600 10 $aBandoola (Elephant)
650 0 $aAnimals in logging$zBurma$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAsiatic elephant$zBurma$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWorking elephants$zBurma$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAnimals$xWar use$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aBurma$xHistory$yJapanese occupation, 1942-1945.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aNATURE / Animals / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Military / World War II.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$u9781400069330.jpg