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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 (2014)

by Vicki Croke(Favorite Author)

4.28 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1400069335 (ISBN13: 9781400069330)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Random House

review 1: Edward R, Murrow Award winner Vicki Croke has penned a wonderful true tale of Billy Williams. Williams was known as an "elephant wallah" in Burma in the 1920s as he began working for a British teak company. He was to elephants what Jane Goodall is to chimps; simply loving and marvelous. He would establish an elephant school and hospital. In 1942 Imperial Japan was invading Burma as elephants were instrumental in transporting supplies, building bridges and transporting the sick. Williams took risks and smuggled his prized elephants out of a Japanese held territory. I learned more about the intelligence and gifts of elephants than I have from anything else as well as a true appreciation for this animal. Complete with black and white photos, notes and ... moreindex
review 2: this story at times wrenched my gut. it is what happens when animals display Trueness of living beyond humans. and they do it all the time. they don't know that they can't do. so they do the impossible. a book i really enjoyed. my favorite scene wss when bandula scaled the cliff leading the herd and Williams watched as the top of his head emerged at the cliff edge and then his eyes. the elephant was confidence itself. oh to have lived the life of Williams. less

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