Elephant Bill
by Lt-Col. J. H. Williams O.B.E
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
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About This Item
The Reprint Society, London, 1951. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Though he was officially known as Lt. Colonel J. H. Williams, the author was known to the world at large as "Elephant Bill." That is because he spent 25 years living with the elephants in the mountains and forests of Burma. There he trained them to haul teak logs out of the isolated jungles. Yet this is also a story of great courage, because when the Second World War struck it also came to Burma. The Japanese Imperial Army planned to confiscate the Burmese elephants, drafting them to make the bridges and railways they needed to invade India. When he learned of these plans to put his beloved animals to a war-like purpose, Elephant Bill knew what had to be done. The mighty kings of the jungle had to be evacuated to safety. This is thus the story not only of the peaceful days in the jungle, starting in 1921, but also the story of the largest elephant rescue in history. It tells the amazing account of how Elephant Bill, along with his friends and family, rode 45 of the great beasts across the mountains of Burma, before reaching safety in faraway India. 245 pages. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Dust jacket has rubbing and small closed tears to edges. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography; Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 260680..
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- Bookseller
- leura books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 260680
- Title
- Elephant Bill
- Author
- Lt-Col. J. H. Williams O.B.E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Reprint Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- BZDB43 Biography; Biography & Autobiography; Unbranded Lt-Col. J. H. Williams O.B.E. Elephant Bill
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- Biography;
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