Elephant Company: the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II [Trade paperback edition] 9781400069330, 9780679603993, 9780812981650, 0812981650

Part One: The making of an elephant wallah. The shoulders of a giant ; Into the jungle ; Meeting the boss--and the eleph

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English Pages xiv, 343 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm Year 2015;2014

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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 [Trade paperback edition]
 9781400069330, 9780679603993, 9780812981650, 0812981650

Table of contents :
Part One: The making of an elephant wallah. The shoulders of a giant
Into the jungle
Meeting the boss--and the elephants
Initiation rites
How to read an elephant
The fairest tusker of them all
The burning boss
Sex, cricket, and blue cheese
School for men and elephants
Drunk on testosterone
Master class in trust and courage
The jungle family has no wife
"The murder of me"
Bandoola : hero or rogue?
A murder investigation
Rebels and reunions --
Part Two: Love and elephants. Tiger hour
The cannibal islands
Sunlight and shadow
Into the cauldron --
Part Three: War elephants. Fleeing Burma
No. 1 war elephant
The making of Elephant Bill
Elephant Company hits its stride
A crazy idea
The elephant stairway.

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