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Water for elephants

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An edition of Water for Elephants (2006)

Water for elephants

a novel

by , , and

  • ★★★ ★ 3.6 (40 ratings) ·
  • 131 Want to read
  • 7 Currently reading
  • 58 Have read

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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Hodder, Hodder Paperback
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English
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418

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fiction, circus performers, depression era, historical, elephants, romance, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2011-02-13, New York Times bestseller, Circus, Depressions, Fiction, romance, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Novela histórica, Circo, Cuentos de amor, Ficción, Crisis económicas, Artistas, Social conditions, Training, nyt:e-book_fiction=2011-03-12, Orphans, History, Fiction, historical, Literature, Great Depression, 1929-1939, Historical fiction, Love stories, New York Times reviewed, collectionID:EanesChallenge, collectionID:bannedbooks, Fiction, Circus performers, Parents, Death, Elephants, Circus animals, Trainagles (Interpersonal relations)

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Water for elephants
2011, Allen & Unwin
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Water for Elephants
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Water for elephants: a novel
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Water for elephants: a novel
2007, Hodder, Hodder Paperback
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Water for Elephants
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Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006.

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Dewey Decimal Class
813.6
Library of Congress
PS3607.R696 W38 2007, PS3607.R696

The Physical Object

Pagination
418 pages
Number of pages
418

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OL31939628M
Internet Archive
waterforelephant0000grue_w5j6
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0340962720, 0340935464
ISBN 13
9780340962725, 9780340935460
OCLC/WorldCat
228193329

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