An African Love Story - Love, Life and Elephants (Paperback)

Daphne Sheldrick's best-selling love story of romance, life and elephants, An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants is an incredible story from Africa's greatest living conservationist. A typical day for Daphne involves rescuing baby elephants from poachers; finding homes for orphan elephants, all the while campaigning the ever-present threat of poaching for the ivory trade. An African Love Story is the incredible memoir of her life. It tells two stories - one is the extraordinary love story which blossomed when Daphne fell head over heels with Tsavo Game Park and its famous warden, David Sheldrick. The second is the love story of how Daphne and David, who devoted their lives to saving elephant orphans, at first losing every infant under the age of two until Daphne at last managed to devise the first-ever milk formula which would keep them alive. 'Compulsively readable', Mail on Sunday 'An enchanting memoir', Telegraph Daphne Sheldrick has spent her entire life in Kenya. For over 25 years, she and her husband, David, the famous founder of the the giant Tsavo National Park, raised and rehabilitated back into the wild orphans of misfortune from many different wild species. These included elephants, rhinos, buffaloes, zebra, eland, kudu, impala, warthogs and many other smaller animals. In 2006 she was made Dame Commander of the British Empire by the Queen.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Daphne Sheldrick
Dimensions:	197 x 128 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	334
ISBN-13:	978-0-670-91971-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > Conservation of wildlife & habitats > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Vertebrates > Mammals > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-670-91971-3
Barcode:	9780670919710

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An amazing experience of true love

Sun, 31 Jan 2016 | Review by: Myrlene P.

This is the greatest book on animals I have yet read. Dame Daphne shares her life, her love, both family and especially elephants and her passion for animals with such emotion, that she actually becomes 'a personal friend'. When seeing her now at her elephant sanctuary it feels as if I've known her all my life. Her style of writing is colorful and with emotion, but with the main theme - love for elephants and family always in mind. A definite must read.

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