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Author : John M. Kistler
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803260040
Elephants have fought in human armies for more than three thousand years. This is the largely forgotten tale of the credit they deserve and the sacrifices they endured.
Author : Konstantin Nossov,Konstantin S Nossov
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846038037
Elephants have been deployed as weapons for centuries, particularly in South and South-East Asia, where war elephants constituted the bulk of most armies in the region from antiquity right up to the 19th century. This book offers an insight into the incredible history of these 'living tanks,' focusing on the design of the equipment and armament that made them so terrifying. The author, Konstantin S Nossov, traces the history of war elephants, from their deployment against Alexander the Great's army at the battle of Gaugamela, through to their use in the 19th century by the armies of South-East Asia, analyzing the battle formation and tactics of war elephants in action and how these tactics developed.
Author : Garrett Ryan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781633887039
Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to drink fine wine, use birth control, or survive surgery? In a series of short and humorous essays, Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants explores some of the questions about the Greeks and Romans that ancient historian Garrett Ryan has answered in the classroom and online. Unlike most books on the classical world, the focus is not on famous figures or events, but on the fascinating details of daily life. Learn the answers to: How tall were the ancient Greeks and Romans? How long did they live? What kind of pets did they have? How dangerous were their cities? Did they believe their myths? Did they believe in ghosts, monsters, and/or aliens? Did they jog or lift weights? How did they capture animals for the Colosseum? Were there secret police, spies, or assassins? What happened to the city of Rome after the Empire collapsed? Can any families trace their ancestry back to the Greeks or Romans?
Author : E J Garret
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984518040
After inheriting an elephant head artifact from his grandfather and learning a string of stories about its history an eccentric billionaire begins a secret search into the surreal; he becomes obsessed with finding the reincarnated soul of the great elephants Mahout. Amazingly, the young man is eventually found through the limitless resources of Sir John Howard. A new world is discovered when Jake Barnes is able to connect with the soul of the ancient elephant. Their world together in another time is brought to life and their extraordinary connection, through love and devotion to each other, takes them to great heights.
Author : Eric Walters,Adrian Bradbury
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781551439006
Presents the stories of five children--Annu, Jimmy, Nadja, Farooq, and Toma--from five very different and distinct conflicts--Sri Lanka, Uganda, Sarajevo, Afghanistan, and the Sudan--showing that it is the children who suffer most when countries wage war.
Author : Thomas R. Trautmann
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226264530
Because of their enormous size, elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. In early civilizations—such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus Civilization, and China—kings used elephants for royal sacrifice, spectacular hunts, public display of live captives, or the conspicuous consumption of ivory—all of them tending toward the elephant’s extinction. The kings of India, however, as Thomas R. Trautmann shows in this study, found a use for elephants that actually helped preserve their habitat and numbers in the wild: war. Trautmann traces the history of the war elephant in India and the spread of the institution to the west—where elephants took part in some of the greatest wars of antiquity—and Southeast Asia (but not China, significantly), a history that spans 3,000 years and a considerable part of the globe, from Spain to Java. He shows that because elephants eat such massive quantities of food, it was uneconomic to raise them from birth. Rather, in a unique form of domestication, Indian kings captured wild adults and trained them, one by one, through millennia. Kings were thus compelled to protect wild elephants from hunters and elephant forests from being cut down. By taking a wide-angle view of human-elephant relations, Trautmann throws into relief the structure of India’s environmental history and the reasons for the persistence of wild elephants in its forests.
Author : Vicki Croke
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780812981650
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK The remarkable story of James Howard “Billy” Williams, whose uncanny rapport with the world’s largest land animals transformed him from a carefree young man into the charismatic war hero known as Elephant Bill In 1920, Billy Williams came to colonial Burma as a “forest man” for a British teak company. Mesmerized by the intelligence and character of the great animals who hauled logs through the jungle, he became a gifted “elephant wallah.” In Elephant Company, Vicki Constantine Croke chronicles Williams’s growing love for elephants as the animals provide him lessons in courage, trust, and gratitude. Elephant Company is also a tale of war and daring. When Japanese forces invaded Burma in 1942, Williams joined the elite British Force 136 and operated behind enemy lines. His war elephants carried supplies, helped build bridges, and transported the sick and elderly over treacherous mountain terrain. As the occupying authorities put a price on his head, Williams and his elephants faced their most perilous test. Elephant Company, cornered by the enemy, attempted a desperate escape: a risky trek over the mountainous border to India, with a bedraggled group of refugees in tow. Part biography, part war epic, Elephant Company is an inspirational narrative that illuminates a little-known chapter in the annals of wartime heroism. Praise for Elephant Company “This book is about far more than just the war, or even elephants. This is the story of friendship, loyalty and breathtaking bravery that transcends species. . . . Elephant Company is nothing less than a sweeping tale, masterfully written.”—Sara Gruen, The New York Times Book Review “Splendid . . . Blending biography, history, and wildlife biology, [Vicki Constantine] Croke’s story is an often moving account of [Billy] Williams, who earned the sobriquet ‘Elephant Bill,’ and his unusual bond with the largest land mammals on earth.”—The Boston Globe “Some of the biggest heroes of World War II were even bigger than you thought. . . . You may never call the lion the king of the jungle again.”—New York Post “Vicki Constantine Croke delivers an exciting tale of this elephant whisperer–cum–war hero, while beautifully reminding us of the enduring bonds between animals and humans.”—Mitchell Zuckoff, author of Lost in Shangri-La and Frozen in Time
Author : Edward Garrett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1532314566
Author : Thomas R. Trautmann
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226264363
Retreat and persistence of elephants -- Elephants and Indian kingship -- War elephants -- Structures of use: caturaga, vihana, vyha -- Elephant knowledge -- The spread of the war elephant -- North India, South India, Sri Lanka -- The Near East, North Africa, Europe -- Southeast Asia -- After the war elephant -- Drawing the balance, looking ahead
Author : Eric Walters,Adrian Bradbury
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781554697779
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. This ancient proverb of the Kikuyu people, a tribal group in Kenya, Africa, is as true today as when the words were first spoken, perhaps thousands of years ago. Its essence is simplicity—when the large fight, it is the small who suffer most. And when it comes to war, the smallest, the most vulnerable, are the children. When Elephants Fight presents the stories of five children—Annu, Jimmy, Nadja, Farooq and Toma—from five very different and distinct conflicts—Sri Lanka, Uganda, Sarajevo, Afghanistan and the Sudan. Along with these very personal accounts, the book also offers brief analyses of the history and geopolitical issues that are the canvas on which these conflicts are cast. When Elephants Fight is about increasing awareness. For the future to be better than the past, better than the present, we must help equip our children with an awareness and understanding of the world around them and their ability to bring about change. Gandhi stated, "If you are going to change the world, start with the children."
Author : Yukio Tsuchiya
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780544575899
This beautifully illustrated children’s book offers a sobering lesson about the horrors of war through the lens of a Japanese zoo during WWII. At Tokyo’s famous Ueno Zoo, a zookeeper recounts the story of three performing elephants—John, Tonky, and Wanly—who became casualties of the Second World War. As bombs fell nightly on the city, the zoo was in danger of destruction. In the interest of public safety, instructions were given to kill the potentially dangerous animals. Still, the elephant’s keepers wept and prayed that the war would end so that their beloved elephants might be saved. Originally published in Japan in 1951, this heartbreaking historical tale is now available in English with beautiful watercolor illustrations by Ted Lewin.
Author : Pat Hughes
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0374380244
Young Izzie wishes he could join the Union Army with his brothers, Ario and Cal. He wonders what it would be like to "see the elephant"—soldier talk for going into battle for the first time. But it seems the closest Izzie will ever get to battle is visiting wounded soldiers at a Washington, D.C., hospital, where his aunt works as an Army nurse. When Izzie meets a wounded Rebel soldier who will soon be sent to prison, he realizes that the war may not be as simple as he once believed, and "seeing the elephant" takes on a whole new meaning. Based on family history, Pat Hughes's beautifully crafted story is complemented by Ken Stark's exceptional watercolor paintings. Seeing the Elephant is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Author : Joseph Allan Frank,George A. Reaves
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0252071263
One of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War, the two-day engagement near Shiloh, Tennessee, in April 1862 left more than 23,000 casualties. Fighting alongside seasoned veterans were more than 160 newly recruited regiments and other soldiers who had yet to encounter serious action. In the phrase of the time, these men came to Shiloh to “see the elephant.” Drawing on the letters, diaries, and other reminiscences of these raw recruits on both sides of the conflict, “Seeing the Elephant” gives a vivid and valuable primary account of the terrible struggle. From the wide range of voices included in this volume emerges a nuanced picture of the psychology and motivations of the novice soldiers and the ways in which their attitudes toward the war were affected by their experiences at Shiloh.
Author : Marquett Ivy
Publisher : Media Management and Publishing LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9798989205509
The First of its kind, this commemorative focus is specifically on The Royal African War Elephant in history. The first and second editions of this book are set to be distinct from any other history book in the use of war elephants. This book is a compilation of descriptions and illustrations of African War Elephants and their use in labor and war, depicted by cartographers and traveloggers in rarely circulated images. It is considered hidden history, now brought back into circulation for educational discussion and inspiration. "The Royal African War Elephant" boasts a narrative that not only reveals hidden agendas and conspired motives but also appreciates and magnifies gratitude for the traveloggers, historians, and cartographers of the Middle Ages. It lays out the institutional and cultural solutions paving the way for the future, restoring the kingdoms of African peoples. Images and depictions of the Royal African War Elephant throughout the ages are brought to their rightful place. Learn about the kingdoms, the people, and the quietly kept secrets of the African elephant that played a pivotal role in world history."
Author : Mathias Énard
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811227056
Michelangelo’s adventure in Constantinople, from the “mesmerizing” (New Yorker) and “masterful” (Washington Post) author of Compass In 1506, Michelangelo—a young but already renowned sculptor—is invited by the sultan of Constantinople to design a bridge over the Golden Horn. The sultan has offered, along with an enormous payment, the promise of immortality, since Leonardo da Vinci’s design was rejected: “You will surpass him in glory if you accept, for you will succeed where he has failed, and you will give the world a monument without equal.” Michelangelo, after some hesitation, flees Rome and an irritated Pope Julius II—whose commission he leaves unfinished—and arrives in Constantinople for this truly epic project. Once there, he explores the beauty and wonder of the Ottoman Empire, sketching and describing his impressions along the way, as he struggles to create what could be his greatest architectural masterwork. Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants—constructed from real historical fragments—is a thrilling page-turner about why stories are told, why bridges are built, and how seemingly unmatched fragments, seen from the opposite sides of civilization, can mirror one another.