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Love, life, and elephants : an African love story / Dame Daphne Sheldrick.
LIBRA SD411.52.S44 A3 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheldrick, Daphne, 1934-2018.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sheldrick, Daphne, 1934-2018.
- Sheldrick, Daphne.
- Women conservationists--Kenya--Tsavo National Park--Biography.
- Women conservationists.
- Wildlife conservationists--Kenya--Tsavo National Park--Biography.
- Wildlife conservationists.
- Elephants--Conservation--Kenya--Tsavo National Park.
- Elephants.
- Kenya--Tsavo National Park.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 334 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
- Summary:
- A conservationist who has dedicated her life to saving orphan elephants in Africa describes her relationships with her late husband, Tsavo Park warden David Sheldrick, and a host of animals, including the majestic elephant, Eleanor.
- Contents:
- Settlers
- Childhood
- Growing up
- Married life
- Falling in love
- Decisions
- New beginnings
- Love and orphans
- Settled
- Conflict
- Discovery
- Expansion
- Turmoil
- Grief
- Growth
- Achievement
- Epilogue : David.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in 2012 by Viking, an imprint of Penguin books, Great Britain, as An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants"--T.p. verso.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780374104573
- 0374104573
- OCLC:
- 759175043
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