Among The Elephants
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the sweeping wilderness of Tanzania's Lake Manyara National Park, Among the Elephants chronicles one of the most intimate and groundbreaking scientific studies ever conducted on wild African elephants — a journey that would change the way the world understands these magnificent creatures. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, alongside his wife Oria, presents a vivid, first-hand account of years spent living among elephant herds, documenting their complex social hierarchies, family bonds, and remarkable intelligence. The result is a work of rare emotional power, blending rigorous field research with deeply personal narrative, as the authors recount individual elephants by name, personality, and life history, transforming data into something profoundly human. Beyond its scientific contributions, the book stands as a passionate testament to conservation at a critical moment in history, illustrating the devastating pressures of poaching and habitat loss that threatened to silence elephant populations across the continent. Iain Douglas-Hamilton's writing — urgent, lyrical, and authoritative — argues compellingly for the protection of a species whose capacity for grief, memory, and social complexity rivals our own. With a foreword by Nobel laureate Niko Tinbergen, Among the Elephants carries the weight of serious scientific endorsement while remaining utterly accessible to the general reader. This is a book that does not merely inform — it transforms, leaving the reader forever changed in their understanding of what it means to share a planet with elephants.
Author: Iain And Oria Douglas-Hamilton
Format: Hardback
Genre: Natural history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the sweeping wilderness of Tanzania's Lake Manyara National Park, Among the Elephants chronicles one of the most intimate and groundbreaking scientific studies ever conducted on wild African elephants — a journey that would change the way the world understands these magnificent creatures. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, alongside his wife Oria, presents a vivid, first-hand account of years spent living among elephant herds, documenting their complex social hierarchies, family bonds, and remarkable intelligence. The result is a work of rare emotional power, blending rigorous field research with deeply personal narrative, as the authors recount individual elephants by name, personality, and life history, transforming data into something profoundly human. Beyond its scientific contributions, the book stands as a passionate testament to conservation at a critical moment in history, illustrating the devastating pressures of poaching and habitat loss that threatened to silence elephant populations across the continent. Iain Douglas-Hamilton's writing — urgent, lyrical, and authoritative — argues compellingly for the protection of a species whose capacity for grief, memory, and social complexity rivals our own. With a foreword by Nobel laureate Niko Tinbergen, Among the Elephants carries the weight of serious scientific endorsement while remaining utterly accessible to the general reader. This is a book that does not merely inform — it transforms, leaving the reader forever changed in their understanding of what it means to share a planet with elephants.