A book comes along like this once in a lifetime. You read it as a
small child, or even an adult, and never forget the images it
conjures up of a wonderful Englishman who lives in the mysterious
forests of faraway Burma and of the kind native people who teach
him about their lovely country. But most of all, you never forget
the elephants For this is a story about those magnificent
creatures. Though he was officially known as Lt. Colonel J. H.
Williams, the author was known to the world at large as Elephant
Bill. That is because he spent 25 years living with the elephants
in the mountains and forests of Burma. There he trained them to
haul teak logs out of the isolated jungles. Yet this is also a
story of great courage, because when the Second World War struck it
also came to Burma. The Japanese Imperial Army planned to
confiscate the Burmese elephants, drafting them to make the bridges
and railways they needed to invade India. When he learned of these
plans to put his beloved animals to a war-like purpose, Elephant
Bill knew what had to be done. The mighty kings of the jungle had
to be evacuated to safety. This is thus the story not only of the
peaceful days in the jungle, starting in 1921, but also the story
of the largest elephant rescue in history. It tells the amazing
account of how Elephant Bill, along with his friends and family,
rode 45 of the great beasts across the mountains of Burma, before
reaching safety in faraway India. A classic then. A classic now.
Elephant Bill is a blessing to any library and a literary treasure.
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