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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Elephant Bill by Col. J H William, published in 1950. Illustrated w/B&W photographs. Very good overall condition in cloth boards, DJ shows much wear and tear, chips, creasing, discoloration and losses. Interior is crisp and clean of markings. Please see images. Thank you for browsing Sunnyback Books--price includes free media shipping w/in USA. A book comes along like this once in a lifetime. You read it as a small child, or even as a adult, and never forget the images it conjures up, of a wonderful Englishman who lives in the mysterious forests of faraway Burma and of the kind native people who teach him about their lovely country. But most of all, you never forget the elephants! For this is a story about those magnificent creatures. Though he was officially known as Lt. Colonel J.H. Williams, the author was known to the world at large as Elephant Bill . That is because he spent 25 years living with the elephants in the mountains and forests of Burma. There he trained them to haul teak logs out of the isolated jungles. Yet this is also a story of great courage because when the Second World War struck, it also came to Burma. The Japanese Imperial Army planned to confiscate the Burmese elephants, drafting them to make the bridges and railways they needed to invade India. When he learned of these plans to put his beloved animals to a war-like purpose, Elephant Bill knew what had to be done. The mighty kings of the jungle had to be evacuated to safety.…