Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family

By: Cynthia Moss

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Synopsis: &“A style so conversational…that I felt like a privileged visitor riding beside her in her rickety Land-Rover as she showed me around the park." —The New York Times Book Review Cynthia Moss spent many years living in Kenya&’s Amboseli National Park and studying the elephants there, and her long-term research has revealed much of what we now know about these complex and intelligent animals. In this book, she shares a more up-close and personal perspective, chronicling the lives of the elephant families led by matriarchs Teresia, Slit Ear, Torn Ear, Tania, and Tuskless, including a rare look at calves and their development. This edition is also updated with a new afterword, catching up on the families, covering current conservation issues, and &“celebrating a species from which we could learn some moral as well as zoological lessons&” (Chicago Tribune). &“One is soon swept away by this &‘Babar&’ for adults. By the end, one even begins to feel an aversion for people. One wants to curse human civilization and cry out, &‘Now God stand up for the elephants!&’&”—The New York Times &“Moss speaks to the general reader, with charm as well as scientific authority…[An] elegantly written and ingeniously structured account.&”—TheWall Street Journal &“Any reader interested in animals will be captivated.&”—Publishers Weekly

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 364 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780226148533
Related ISBNs:: 9780226542379
Publisher:: The University of Chicago Press
Date of Addition:: 01/09/25
Copyrighted By:: Cynthia Moss
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Animals, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.