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Elephantoms: Tracking the Elephant
Contributor(s): Watson, Lyall (Author)

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 ISBN: 0393324591     ISBN-13: 9780393324594
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
OUR PRICE: $20.85  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2003
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Annotation: 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. This "entertaining and enchanting" work (Washington Post Book World) chronicles how Watson's fascination grew into a lifelong quest to understand the nature and behavior of this impressive creature. "Watson's insights and speculations are dazzling, but what lends them power is his extraordinary knowledge of evolutionary biology and animal behavior, ethnography and South African history" (Wade Davis, National Geographic Society). "Like a shaman, Watson conjures up the spirit of the massive beast" (Publishers Weekly), documents the animal's wideranging capabilities to remember and to mourn, and reminds us of its rich mythic origins, its evolution, and its devastation in recent history.
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BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Animals - Mammals
Dewey: 599.67
LCCN: 2002000318
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.6" W x 8.24" L (0.52 lbs) 261 pages
Features: Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Kliatt 11/01/2003 pg. 40
 
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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. This entertaining and enchanting work (Washington Post Book World) chronicles how Watson's fascination grew into a lifelong quest to understand the nature and behavior of this impressive creature.

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.

Watson's insights and speculations are dazzling, but what lends them power is his extraordinary knowledge of evolutionary biology and animal behavior, ethnography and South African history (Wade Davis, National Geographic Society). Like a shaman, Watson conjures up the spirit of the massive beast (Publishers Weekly), documents the animal's wide-ranging capabilities to remember and to mourn, and 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.

Contributor Bio(s): Watson, Lyall: - Lyall Watson (1939--2008) was a naturalist and the author of over twenty books, including Heaven's Breath and Jacobson's Organ.
 
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