The Resource Elephant Company : the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II, Vicki Constantine Croke
Elephant Company : the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II, Vicki Constantine Croke
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The item Elephant Company : the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II, Vicki Constantine Croke represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
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- Summary
- "J.H. "Billy" Williams always had an affinity for animals. So, when he responded to job offer with the East India Company to work with logging elephants his family wasn't surprised, though worried that he had already come back from World War I in one piece, would he be so lucky with India? Not only did he find his calling with the elephants in India, Billy and his elephants became war heroes. At the onset of World War II, Williams formed Elephant Company and was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in Burma and saving refugees, including on his own "Hannibal Trek." Billy Williams became a media sensation during the war, telling reporters that the elephants did more for him than he was ever able to do for them, but his story has since been forgotten. Part biography, part war story, and part wildlife adventure, Croke delivers an utterly charming narrative and an important, little-known piece of the legacy of World War II"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 343 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400069330
- Label
- Elephant Company : the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II
- Title
- Elephant Company
- Title remainder
- the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II
- Statement of responsibility
- Vicki Constantine Croke
- Title variation
- Inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II
- Subject
-
- Animals in logging -- Burma -- History -- 20th century
- Asiatic elephant -- Burma -- History -- 20th century
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
- Bandoola (Elephant)
- Burma -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
- Animals -- War use | History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- NATURE / Animals / General
- Williams, J. H., (James Howard), 1897-1958
- Working elephants -- Burma -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma
- Elephant Company (Great Britain)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "J.H. "Billy" Williams always had an affinity for animals. So, when he responded to job offer with the East India Company to work with logging elephants his family wasn't surprised, though worried that he had already come back from World War I in one piece, would he be so lucky with India? Not only did he find his calling with the elephants in India, Billy and his elephants became war heroes. At the onset of World War II, Williams formed Elephant Company and was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in Burma and saving refugees, including on his own "Hannibal Trek." Billy Williams became a media sensation during the war, telling reporters that the elephants did more for him than he was ever able to do for them, but his story has since been forgotten. Part biography, part war story, and part wildlife adventure, Croke delivers an utterly charming narrative and an important, little-known piece of the legacy of World War II"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Croke, Vicki
- Dewey number
- 940.54/259591092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Williams, J. H.
- World War, 1939-1945
- Elephant Company (Great Britain)
- Bandoola (Elephant)
- Animals in logging
- Asiatic elephant
- Working elephants
- Animals
- Burma
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
- NATURE / Animals / General
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- Label
- Elephant Company : the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II, Vicki Constantine Croke
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-328) and index
- Control code
- BK0013945130
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 343 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400069330
- Lccn
- 2013032280
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Elephant Company : the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II, Vicki Constantine Croke
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-328) and index
- Control code
- BK0013945130
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 343 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400069330
- Lccn
- 2013032280
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Animals in logging -- Burma -- History -- 20th century
- Asiatic elephant -- Burma -- History -- 20th century
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
- Bandoola (Elephant)
- Burma -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
- Animals -- War use | History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- NATURE / Animals / General
- Williams, J. H., (James Howard), 1897-1958
- Working elephants -- Burma -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma
- Elephant Company (Great Britain)
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