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Elephant trails : a history of animals and cultures / Nigel Rothfels.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rothfels, Nigel, author.
- Series:
- Animals, history, culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Captive elephants--History.
- Captive elephants.
- Elephants--History.
- Elephants.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 First Among Monsters p. 11
- Storage p. 11
- The Place Where Elephants Come to Die p. 16
- The Elephant Corpse p. 22
- Monstrorum princeps p. 27
- 2 Afraid of Mice p. 34
- So Great a Stranger p. 37
- The First and Grandest of Terrestrial Creatures p. 42
- The Corral p. 46
- Unendingly Melancholy p. 54
- 3 A Serpent for a Hand p. 56
- The Monarch p. 59
- Naturally Savage p. 67
- A Creature of the Pleistocene p. 72
- The Last Fell with Its Head Resting on the Other p. 79
- 4 The Most Friendly Creature p. 85
- The Good Elephant p. 90
- The Finest Zoological Building in the World p. 101
- Forever Chained to One Damned Spot p. 108
- A Grotesque and Tragic Figure p. 115
- Dying in a Zoo p. 120
- 5 A Descendant of Mastodons p. 124
- A Mud Show p. 127
- The Mightiest of Living Creatures p. 131
- Removing the Chains p. 146
- Circuses and Zoos p. 152
- 6 The Last of its Kind p. 157
- The Spell of the Elelescho p. 159
- The Alarm p. 169
- Sic transit elephantus p. 174
- 7 Trails of History p. 176
- Catching Apples, Looking at Mirrors, and Knowing Elephants p. 178
- Tears p. 188.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781421442600
- 1421442604
- Publisher Number:
- 40030773889
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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