Elephant House 9780271070858, 0271070854

"Traces the history of the Asian elephant display at the Oregon Zoo from the 1950s to the present. An introduction

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English Pages ix, 94 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm Year 2015

Elephant House
9780271070858, 0271070854

Table of contents :
ContentsForeword Mike KeeleElephant House Nigel RothfelsPhotographs by Dick Blau List of Photographs Acknowledgments

In Elephant House, photographer Dick Blau and historian Nigel Rothfels offer a thought-provoking study of the Oregon Zoo

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A lavishly illustrated celebration of these glorious animals—and a poignant lament for their future. Elephants are amon

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This large-format, lavishly illustrated book, with almost 200 images, is a celebration – and maybe lament – for all thin

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Aristotle characterized the elephant as “the beast which passeth all others in wit and mind” and the animal has long fig

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Written in three distinct voices-child, teen and adult-Jane Devin takes readers on an intimate, imaginative and often ha

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The largest of all seals, elephant seals rank among the most impressive of marine mammals. They are renowned for their s

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