{"product_id":"elephant-story","title":"Elephant Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e   The newspapers called him \"Overshadowing Monarch Mastodon,\" \"Behemoth of Holy Writ\" and \"Prodigious Mountain.\" He was the main event at the greatest show on earth: Jumbo, at around 6-1\/2 tons and almost 12 feet tall, the biggest elephant anyone had ever seen. Jumbo's mere presence in the Barnum, Bailey and Hutchinson circus guaranteed an additional $3,000 a day in box office receipts. More of an exhibit than a performer, Jumbo was simply paraded around the three rings. But still the people came, just to marvel at the size of this monster pachyderm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This work traces Jumbo's capture in East Africa, his life in the London Zoo, the controversy over his sale for $10,000 to American showman P.T. Barnum, his journey across the Atlantic, his life as the most famous attraction in Barnum's circus, and his tragic death in a railway accident in Canada in 1885.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232012587352,"sku":"9780786406326","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780786406326_41a656b5-ae1a-4609-883a-cee14c9a3837.jpg?v=1764497735","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/elephant-story","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}