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Elephantoms : tracking the elephant
- Title
- Elephantoms : tracking the elephant / Lyall Watson.
- Author
- Watson, Lyall.
- Publication
- New York : W.W. Norton, ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | QL737.P98 W375 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 261 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- "As a child in South Africa, spending summers exploring the wild with his boyhood friends, Lyall Watson came face to face with his first elephant. From that moment on, Watson's fascination grew into a lifelong obsession with understanding the nature and behavior of this impressive creature. Around the world, the elephant - at once a symbol of spiritual power and physical endurance - has been worshipped as a god and hunted for sport. In this captivating portrait of the elephant, Watson draws from scientific research, anthropological studies, and personal experience to document the animal's wide-ranging capabilities to remember and to mourn; and he reminds us of its rich mythic origins, its evolution, and its devastation in recent history."
- "Part meditation on an elusive animal, part evocation of the power of place, Elephantoms presents an alluring mix of the mysteries of nature and the wonders of childhood."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Contents
- The stone age -- Seeing the elephant -- Hearing the elephant -- Finding the elephant -- The iron age -- Losing the elephant -- Tracking the elephant -- Knowing the elephant -- Coming of age -- Imagining the elephant -- An elepiphany.
- ISBN
- 039305117X
- 9780393051179
- LCCN
- 2002000318
- OCLC
- ocm48803787
- 48803787
- SCSB-1250423
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library