Elephant

In this stunningly illustrated volume, Fuller provides a rich and moving portrait of elephants, exploring their natural history, the legends that have grown up around them, their unique place in art and literature, and their urgent need for protection today.

About the author

Errol Fuller is an acclaimed writer and painter and a world authority on animal extinction and the curiosities of natural history. His many books include the award-winning Extinct Birds as well as Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record (Princeton), Dodo: From Extinction to Icon, The Great Auk, and Drawn from Paradise (with David Attenborough).

Summary

In this stunningly illustrated volume, Fuller provides a rich and moving portrait of elephants, exploring their natural history, the legends that have grown up around them, their unique place in art and literature, and their urgent need for protection today.

Foreword

This large-format, lavishly illustrated book, with almost 200 images, is a celebration – and maybe lament – for all things pachyderm.

Additional text

"[Fuller] has a gift of using simple and succinct language when conveying the most important points about elephants."---Lucy Brett-Crowther, International Journal of Environment Studies

Product details

• Authors: Errol Fuller, Fuller Errol
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780691191324
• ISBN: 978-0-691-19132-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals, NATURE / Animals / Mammals, natural history, Wildlife: mammals, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, Zoology: Mammals, Zoology: mammals (mammalogy)