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On India's North-East frontier a killer elephant is reported to be on the rampage, stalking Assam's paddy fields, murdering dozens of farmers and leaving behind their mutilated bodies. Local authorities call in one of India's last licensed elephant killers, Dinesh Choudhury, and issue a warrant for the animal's destruction.;Reading about the ensuing hunt in a Delhi newspaper, Tarquin Hall flies to Assam to investigate. He is convinced no elephant could be guilty of such grisly crimes. However as Choudhury and Hall embark on their search for the rougue elephant, Hall's preconceived ideas begin to unravel.
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Tarquin Hall became an under-age journalist at nineteen and spent the next ten years working in Africa, America, Asia and the Middle East. He is the author of Mercenaries, Missionaries and Misfits, an account of his early adventures and To the Elephant Graveyard: A True Story of the Hunt for a Man-killing Elephant, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. He is married to the BBC World Service presenter Anu Anand. They live in East London.
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To the Elephant Graveyard: A True Story of the Hunt for a Man-killing Indian Elephant
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To the Elephant Graveyard
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John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2000
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Hardcover. Condizione: F/VG++/VG. y First Edition. HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2000* Publisher: John Murray.* Binding and cover condition: Turquoise cloth, gilt title to spine. Minor bumps to head and tail of spine strip, no other visible faults. VGT++* Jacket condition: Mono photo-illustrated dust wrapper, price clipped and with slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. AS NEW* Illustrations: Two page b/w line drawn map to frontis & one 8 pp. block of b/w photos.* Pages: 255 pp. text. v pp. notes & bibliography at rear.* Description: On India's North-East Frontier a killer elephant is on the rampage, stalking Assam's paddy-fields, murdering dozens of farmers and leaving behind their mutilated and crushed bodies. Local forestry officials, powerless to stop him, call in Denish Choudhury, one of India's last licensed elephant hunters, and issue a warrant for the rogue's destruction. Tarquin Hall hears of the hunt and flies to Assam to follow the story. He learns of the forces which have driven the animal to kill and writes a fascinating account of the experience and the modification of his own preconceptions.* A FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. with some faults to dust jacket reducing it to VG.*. n. Codice articolo 3363
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Gebundene Ausgabe. Condizione: Sehr gut. 266 Seiten 2000. Schutzumschlag an den Rändern leicht berieben. Leinenbuchdeckel + Innenteil tadellos - u n g e l e s e n - keine Risse, Knicke, Anmerkungen. ! Altersbedingt leicht nachgedunkelt! Versand aus München 18-2533 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 458. Codice articolo 38822
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First edition, 2000. Hardback. 260pp. Teal coloured cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket. On India's North-east Frontier a killer elephant is on the rampage, stalking Assam's paddy fields, murdering dozens of farmers and leaving behind their mutilated and crushed bodies. Local forestry officials call in Dinesh Choudhury, one of India's last licensed elephant hunters, and issue a warrant for the rogue's destruction. Reading about the hunt in a Delhi newspaper tarquin Hall flew to assam to investigate. As Hall and Choudury embarked on their search for the rogue, Hall's preconceived ideas about elephants began to unravel. This is a gripping story of the search for a killer in a region rife with insurgency, rich in folklore and superstition, and whose ancient ways are fast disappearing. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Book condition very good. A little spotting to text block edges. Dust jacket very good. Unclipped. A little light edge wear and some creasing towards lower edges. Book. Codice articolo 1305468
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To The Elephant Graveyard
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Hardcover. Condizione: Near fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near fine. First UK edition-first impression. Near fine condition.John Murray,2000.First UK edition-first impression.Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(a couple of creases,small nicks and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with b/w photos,map.Nice and clean pages with two small marks inside the last blank page of the book, light shelf wear on the Dj cover.265pp including List of illustrations,author's note,bibliography.Price un-clipped. Codice articolo 13630
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To The Elephant Graveyard
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John Murray, 2000
ISBN 10: 0719561469
ISBN 13: 9780719561467
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Hardcover. Condizione: Near fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near fine. First UK edition-first impression. Near fine condition.John Murray,2000.First UK edition-first impression.Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(a couple of creases,small nicks and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with b/w photos,map.Nice and clean pages with two small marks inside the last blank page of the book, light shelf wear on the Dj cover.265pp including List of illustrations,author's note,bibliography.Price un-clipped. Codice articolo 7888
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