Croke, Vicki Constantine
Elephant Company : the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II / Print Vicki Constantine Croke. - First edition. - New York Random House 2014 - xiv, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Hardback book.
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"--
101390
9781400069330 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 1400069335 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 9780679603993 (ebk.) 0679603999 (ebk.)
2013032280
Williams, J. H. 1897-1958.
Bandoola (Elephant)
Elephant Company (Great Britain)
World War--Campaigns--Burma.--1939-1945
Animals in logging--History--Burma--20th century.
Asiatic elephant--History--Burma--20th century.
Working elephants--History--Burma--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.
940.54259591092 Cro 15
Elephant Company : the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II / Print Vicki Constantine Croke. - First edition. - New York Random House 2014 - xiv, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Hardback book.
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"--
101390
9781400069330 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 1400069335 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 9780679603993 (ebk.) 0679603999 (ebk.)
2013032280
Williams, J. H. 1897-1958.
Bandoola (Elephant)
Elephant Company (Great Britain)
World War--Campaigns--Burma.--1939-1945
Animals in logging--History--Burma--20th century.
Asiatic elephant--History--Burma--20th century.
Working elephants--History--Burma--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.
940.54259591092 Cro 15