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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II

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"In 1920, Billy Williams came to colonial Burma as a "forest man" for a British teak company. Mesmerized by the intelligence and character of the great animals who hauled logs through the jungle, he became a gifted "elephant wallah." In Elephant Company, Vicki Constantine Croke chronicles Williams's growing love for elephants as the animals provide him lessons in courage, trust, and gratitude. Elephant Company is also a tale of war and daring. When Japanese forces invaded Burma in 1942, Williams joined the elite British ...

Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II 2015, Random House Trade

ISBN-13: 9780812981650

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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II

2015, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780812981650

Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II

2015, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9781410476005

Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II

2014, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9781400069330

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Sarah E. B

Nov 20, 2015

An interesting story taking place in Indonesia

It is an autobiography of a young man leaving Wales, and going to a foreign country to work in the teak harvesting system that Great Britain had going on there. Teak is harvested mainly by the elephant herds. There was one great elephant that stood out in this man's experience. It is the story of that wonderful relationship.

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