Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story - Softcover

Sheldrick, Daphne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250033373 ISBN 13: 9781250033376

Verlag: Picador USA, 2013

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Book by Sheldrick Daphne

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"Sheldrick has bottle-fed baby elephants, donned cricket gear to ward off charging baby rhinos, and shared bathtubs with dikdiks...What shines through is her authentic love for the land and its creatures....[She] herself is a rare bird." --More

"A remarkable portrait of the Sheldricks' love and life's work." --People

"A sometimes harrowing memoir of Sheldrick's years as a conservationist devoted to saving orphan elephants and fighting against poaching...Riveting." --Whole Living

"If Dame Daphne hadn't already been honored by the Queen of England, I would personally lobby on her behalf. This extraordinary woman has saved hundreds of orphaned baby elephants....She can write, too." --Smithsonian

"An enchanting memoir...Sheldrick and her pioneering game warden husband David have often been ahead of science in their understanding of African wildlife. Five stars." --The Daily Telegraph (London)

"Engaging...Dame Daphne Sheldrick has led a truly extraordinary life." --Women's Wear Daily

"Love, Life and Elephants has an animal population big and personable enough to fill a zoo." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times summer reading list

"[Sheldrick] gives a lyrical yet droll voice to her rollicking life in Kenya, where she has spent more than 50 years rehabilitating orphaned wildlife...[A] rich memoir." --Publishers Weekly

"In this highly personal autobiography, [Sheldrick] recounts a lifetime of fostering orphan mammals, reptiles, and birds while raising a family and helping her valiant husband develop Kenya's national parks in an era of political turmoil and rampant poaching. Filled with eyewitness accounts of African conservation, astute wildlife observations, and a touching love story, Sheldrick's book will delight nature-loving readers." --Rick Roche, Booklist

"Heartfelt...fascinating." --Kirkus Reviews

"[Love, Life, and Elephants] is both an incredible memoir of a life and two romances. The first of these blossoms when the young author moves to Tsavo with her first husband and falls head over heels for the park and its famous warden, David Sheldrick. The second love story follows Daphne and David as they devote their lives to rescuing baby elephants from poachers and finding homes for orphan elephants, all the while campaigning against the ever-present threat of the ivory trade." --GQ (UK)

Reseña del editor:

A conservationist who has dedicated her life to saving orphan elephants in Africa describes her relationships with late husband Tsavo Park warden David Sheldrick and a host of animals, including a dwarf mongoose, a buffalo weaver bird and the majestic elephant, Eleanor.

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• Verlag: Picador USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1250033373
• ISBN 13: 9781250033376
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 334