A01=Eric Scigliano
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Author_Eric Scigliano
Books about elephantine
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Deeply researched
Editor Seattle Metropolitan
Enthusiasts of nature
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Gift for lovers
Large land mammals
Love War and Circuses
National Geographic writer
Plenty of history
Remarkable creatures
Rich study of elephants
Science scientific biology
The joy of animals
Vietnam childhood
Well studied facts
Worldwide
Product details
- ISBN 9780747574712
- Weight: 319g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 16 Jan 2006
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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‘A rich and enthusiastic study ... Reads like an extended love letter to an animal whose history is closely tangled with ours' - Daily Telegraph
‘Scigliano appears to have interviewed every living enthusiast available, is naturally an enthusiast himself, and has produced a book exhaustive in scope but utterly entertaining to read' - Independent on Sunday
‘A passionate account of why humans fall for these fascinating and remarkable creatures' - Sunday Times
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For millennia, people all over the world have revered, adored and exploited elephants.
In Thailand, a pregnant woman might duck under an elephant's belly to encourage an easy delivery; a tycoon has built an elephant-shaped skyscraper; and pirate loggers feed amphetamines to their elephants to make them haul backbreaking loads. In India, worshippers dance with gilded tuskers at ecstatic temple festivals. Scientists have proposed to restore lost ecosystems by reintroducing the elephants and mammoths that once ruled them. And generation after generation of readers have delighted in Babar, Horton and Dumbo.
In a kaleidoscopic account rich in historic lore, surprising science and exotic adventure, Eric Scigliano traces an enduring, extraordinary relationship between species and shows how it still haunts and inspires us today.
Eric Scigliano, an editor at Seattle Metropolitan magazine, has written for many other publications, including Harper's, Discover, National Geographic and the New York Times. His latest book is Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest for Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara (Free Press). He first became fascinated with elephants as a child in Vietnam. He is also the winner of the Livingston and American Association for the Advancement of Science writing awards. He lives in Seattle.
