Elephant Company
Subtitle: the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781400069330
Copyright date: 2014
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Map; title: Part One. The making of an elephant wallah.; title: Chapter 1. The shoulders of a giant ;; title: Chapter 2. Into the jungle ;; title: Chapter 3. Meeting the boss -- and the elephants ;; title: Chapter 4. Initiation rites ;; title: Chapter 5. How to read an elephant ;; title: Chapter 6. The fairest tusker of them all ;; title: Chapter 7. The burning boss ;; title: Chapter 8. Sex, cricket, and blue cheese ;; title: Chapter 9. School for men and elephants ;; title: Chapter 10. Drunk on testosterone ;; title: Chapter 11. Master class in trust and courage ;; title: Chapter 12. The jungle family has no wife ;; title: Chapter 13. "The murder of me" ;; title: Chapter 14. Bandoola : hero or rogue? ;; title: Chapter 15. A murder investigation ;; title: Chapter 16. Rebels and reunions; title: Part Two. Love and elephants.; title: Chapter 17. Tiger hour ;; title: Chapter 18. The cannibal islands ;; title: Chapter 19. Sunlight and shadow ;; title: Chapter 20. Into the cauldron; title: Part Three. War elephants.; title: Chapter 21. Fleeing Burma ;; title: Chapter 22. No. 1 war elephant ;; title: Chapter 23. The making of Elephant Bill ;; title: Chapter 24. Elephant Company hits its stride ;; title: Chapter 25. A crazy idea ;; title: Chapter 26. The elephant stairway; title: Epilogue.