An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780670919710 (0670919713)
Publish date: January 1st 2013
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
Africa,
Book Club,
Biography Memoir,
Animals,
Kenya
5 stars to The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust which rescues and rehabilitates orphaned elephants and rhinos. I myself foster two of the adorable orphans residing there and the Trust overall does wonderful work. It is sadly a reality of today's world that thousands of elephants are murdered each year...
I have assorted thoughts on this book. First of all the language is detached, polite, oh so proper British English, quite different from how Americans express themselves. The "Britishness" is reflected not only in word pronunciation but also in the choice of words, the views presented and the life ...