a beautifully true story that will make you think twice about the incredible and very real feelings of elephants. Sweeping us from a shipwreck in the Indian Ocean to the teak plantations of Burma, from the Ringling Brothers Circus in 1940s New York to author Ralph Helfer's haven for abused animals, through decades of painful partings and joyful reunions, Modox is a treasure for animal lovers everywhere, an impossible-to-put-down, deeply moving tale of love and loyalty, courage and sacrifice, and friendship that triumphs over every test." - from the rear outer jacket. So begins the extraordinary true story of the lifelong bond between man and animal, a bond Bram and Modoc will cherish for nearly eighty years through a series of amazing adventures on three continents. On the same day, at the same hour, a "girl" the world will come to know as Modoc is born to an elephant named Emma, star attraction of the Wunderzircus. "AN ELEPHANT YOU'LL NEVER FORGET! On a day in 1896, in a small German circus town near the Black Forest, a boy, Bram, is born to Katrina Gunterstein and her elephant trainer husband, Josef. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographs. Includes Author Dedication Acknowledgments Author's Note and Epilogue. As new condition white boards with gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition photographic dust jacket.
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