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Elephant Company :

by Croke, Vicki Constantine
Edition statement:First edition. Published by : Random House (New York) Physical details: xiv, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm ISBN:9781400069330 (hardcover : acid-free paper); 1400069335 (hardcover : acid-free paper); 9780679603993 (ebk.); 0679603999 (ebk.).
Subject(s): Williams, J. H. -- 1897-1958. | Bandoola (Elephant) | Elephant Company (Great Britain) | World War -- Campaigns -- Burma. -- 1939-1945 | Animals in logging -- Burma -- History -- 20th century. | Asiatic elephant -- Burma -- History -- 20th century. | Working elephants -- Burma -- History -- 20th century. | Animals -- War use -- History -- 20th century. | Biograpy & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers. | Nature / Animals / General. | History / Military / World War II. | Burma -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
Year: 2014
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Includes index.

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.

"At the onset of World War II, [Billy] Williams formed Elephant Company and was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in Burma and saving refugees, including on his own 'Hannibal Trek,' [becoming] a media sensation during the war, telling reporters that the elephants did more for him than he was ever able to do for them"--

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