Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen, David LeDoux, and John Randolph Jones
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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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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
April 9, 2007, Algonquin Books
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Water for elephants: a novel
2007, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Algonquin Books
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Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006.
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