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An Elephant's Life: An Intimate Portrait from Africa
An Elephant's Life An Intimate Portrait from Africa Author:Caitlin O'Connell The struggles and celebrations of nature?s largest land creatures�with more than 250 spectacular full-color photos by Caitlin O?Connell and Timothy Rodwell�An Elephant?s Life provides a unique and fascinating immersion into the world of the African elephant, told by a leading field biologist who has been researching and photographing these anima... more »ls in their natural habitat for nearly two decades. Here, for the first time, readers get a fuller picture of elephant society cast in a broader context, including the life of the male elephant in all its high drama.�Merging the visual traditions of photojournalism and the nature documentary with the narrative voice of such classics as Jane Goodall?s Chimpanzees of Gombe, this large-format, full-color volume of photo essays provides a uniquely rich understanding of what it?s like to grow up and live within the complexities of elephant society�at every turn of the page. Readers will experience the frustrations and anguish of the coming-of-age male struggling to leave his family, witness the constant vigilance a matriarch exerts to protect her family, and feel the drama of a dominant male trying to hold onto power during times of peace and times of social upheaval. Like Wolf Empire (Lyons Press, 2007), An Elephant?s Life is an intimate portrait of a beloved and fascinating species.�« less