Queen Of The Elephants
$27.62
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
7 June 1996
Summary
Mark Shand trekked 300 miles across East Bengal and Assam on the back of an elephant with Parbati Barua, the foremost and only female elephant trainer in all India. This book describes the experiences shared during this remarkable journey - joining a government ‘elephant squad’ together with local villagers to chase a band of wild elephants off a tea estate, and making a stop at Parbati’s ancestral home, now a virtual shrine to her father’s lifelong work with elephants. The importance of this…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099592013 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099592010 |
| Author: | Mark Shand |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 7 June 1996 |
| Weight: | 161g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 13mm |
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About The Author
Mark Shand
Mark Shand received the Travel Writer of the Year Award for his number one bestseller Travels on My Elephant. His previous book, Skullduggery, with photographs by Don McCullin, is the story of his search for the head-hunting tribes of Indonesia. He wrote the script and narrated the ‘Discovery’ feature-length television film ‘Queen of the Elephants’.
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