Africa's Elephant: A Biography

Meredith, Martin

ISBN 10: 0340770813 / ISBN 13: 9780340770818

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2001

About this Item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001. Nice copy. Color photos, illustrations, 244 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Seller Inventory # 003055

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Africa's Elephant: A Biography
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340770813
• ISBN 13: 9780340770818
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mammals
  • Natural History - All

About this title

Synopsis

Yet elephant history has been dominated by periods of brutality and persecution, used in gladiatorial combat, as weapons of war (most notably by Hannibal) and for their ivory, prized since ancient times as a symbol of wealth and status. As the ivory trade continued there are now only five countries with sizeable elephant populations, where a few hundred years ago there were forty-six - before the European hunters arrived. Acclaimed African expert Martin Meredith has written the first full biography of the elephant - wide-ranging, moving and never less than fascinating in his travels through the history and present of 'Nature's great masterpiece' (John Donne).

About the Author

Martin Meredith has spent most of his working life writing about Africa, for fifteen years writing about Zimbabwe and Kenya for the Observer and the Sunday Times. From 1991-93 he co-ordinated a team of economists to advise governments in South Africa on prospects for establishing an economic community post-apartheid.