by Christopher Nicholson
A curious book. Would not be something I normally read but the title and back cover blurb caught my attention - most likely because of the time period the story is set. I was intrigued by the relationship formed between Jenny and her keeper. Appreciated the realism of eighteen-hundred setting of Eng...
Christopher Nicolson's story about power and violence, and the remarkable love between a boy and an elephant10 episodesblurbs - In this adaptation of Christopher Nicolson's vivid and dramatic novel, the central story is about the relationship between a boy and an elephant. But this is no whimsical l...
I seemed to fall into a little bit of a rut with elephant books in September. As a young boy Tom Page becomes “the elephant keeper” when two nearly dead Indian elephants are off loaded from a ship in Bristol England. In the late 18th century not a lot was known about elephants in England and Tom P...
I enjoyed this sweet story about a man and the elephant he loves, but there wasn't much of a plot, just a lot of rumination on the intense relationship that some people have with animals and the evils that other humans can achieve. Animal lovers will likely enjoy this one.
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