Book: Elephantoms: Tracking The Elephant AS A CHILD IN SOUTH AFRICA, spending summers exploring the wild with his boyhood friends, Lyall Watson came face to face with his first elephant. This "entertaining and enchanting" work (Washington Post Book World) chronicles how Watson's fascination grew into a lifelong quest to understand the nature and behavior of this impressive creature. "Watson's insights and speculations are dazzling, but what lends them power is his extraordinary knowledge of evolutionary biology and animal behavior, ethnography and South African history" (Wade Davis, National Geographic Society). "Like a shaman, Watson conjures up the spirit of the massive beast" (Publishers Weekly), documents the animal's wideranging capabilities to remember and to mourn, and reminds us of its rich mythic origins, its evolution, and its devastation in recent history.
Details of Book: Elephantoms: Tracking The Elephant Book: Elephantoms: Tracking The Elephant
Author: Lyall Watson
ISBN: 0393324591
ISBN-13: 9780393324594
, 978-0393324594
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 2003/07/01
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Number of Pages: 261
Language: English