To the Elephant Graveyard Tarquin Hall

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Zusammenfassung

On India's North-East frontier a killer elephant is reported to be on the rampage. Local authorities call in one of India's last licensed elephant killers. Reading about the ensuing hunt in a Delhi newspaper, Tarquin Hall flies to Assam to investigate.

To the Elephant Graveyard Zusammenfassung

To the Elephant Graveyard: A True Story of the Hunt for a Man-killing Indian Elephant Tarquin Hall

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.

Über Tarquin Hall

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue - to the north-east frontier; the hit; the game is afoot; the elephant wars; bruiser Harry; the horse might talk; shoot to kill; the plot thickens; the pool of Ganesha; death of a Mahout; rendezvous with terrorists; the rougue's last stand; to the elephant graveyard.

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR004394721

ISBN 13

9780719561467

ISBN 10

0719561469

Titel

To the Elephant Graveyard: A True Story of the Hunt for a Man-killing Indian Elephant Tarquin Hall

Autor

Tarquin Hall

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Verlag

John Murray Press

Datum

2000-04-13

Anzahl der Seiten

266

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