Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story
“Astonishing...You may be tempted after the last page to sell all your possessions and join [Sheldrick’s] cause.”—The Boston GlobeThe first person to successfully raise newborn elephants, Dame Daphne Sheldrick has saved countless African animals from certain death. In this indelible and deeply...
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“Astonishing...You may be tempted after the last page to sell all your possessions and join [Sheldrick’s] cause.”—The Boston GlobeThe first person to successfully raise newborn elephants, Dame Daphne Sheldrick has saved countless African animals from certain death. In this indelible and deeply heartfelt memoir, Daphne tells of her remarkable career as a conservationist and introduces us to a whole host of orphans—including Bushy, a liquid-eyed antelope, and the majestic elephant Eleanor. Yet she also shares the incredible human story of her relationship with David Sheldrick, the famous Tsavo National Park warden whose death inspired the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and the orphans’ nursery, where Daphne works to this day. From her tireless campaign to preserve Kenya’s wildlife to the astonishing creatures she befriended along the way, Love, Life, and Elephants is alive with compassion and humor, providing rare insight into the life of one of the world’s most fascinating women.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781250033376 (1250033373)
Publish date: June 25th 2013
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 368
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 ...