Elephant Destiny (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Martin Meredith
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Environment, science, natural history, and ethics
- Time of Work: From the third millennium through the twenty-first century
- Setting: Various countries in Africa
- Principal Characters: Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Richard Barnes, Cynthia Moss, Dr. Richard Laws, John Owen, John Perry, Henry Stanley
- Genres: Nonfiction, Nature writing
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Africa or Africans, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Twenty-first century, Eighteenth century, Seventeenth century, Ethics, Cruelty, Biblical times, Pianos or pianists, Elephants, Environment or environmental health, Greek or Roman times, Endangered species, Animals, Wildlife, Naturalists, Mammals, Jewelry, Biology or biologists, Iron Age, Natural resources
- Locales: Africa
Elephant Destiny: Biography of an Endangered Species in Africa is a history of the treatment of nature’s largest land animal, the elephant, at human hands. The book is part history, part scientific observation, and part humanitarian effort. Author Martin Meredith’s goal is to teach readers to appreciate some of nature’s gentlest creatures before they are wiped off the face of the earth by human greed. Meredith puts various kinds of information into this slim volume, which is illustrated with old-fashioned wood-block prints and a few color photographs. While Elephant...
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