Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People, and War by Ted Lewin, Yukio Tsuchiya

Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People, and War

Ted Lewin, Yukio Tsuchiya

32 pages first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction historical hopeful sad slow-paced

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A zookeeper recounts the story of John, Tonky, and Wanly, three performing elephants at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, whose turn it is to die, and of their keepers, who weep and pray that World War II will end so their beloved elephants might be saved.

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