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Electronic book. |
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"J.H. "Billy" Williams always had an affinity for animals. So, when he responded to job offer with the East India Company to work with logging elephants his family wasn't surprised, though worried that he had already come back from World War I in one piece, would he be so lucky with India? Not only did he find his calling with the elephants in India, Billy and his elephants became war heroes. At the onset of World War II, Williams formed Elephant Company and was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in Burma and saving refugees, including on his own "Hannibal Trek." Billy Williams became a media sensation during the war, telling reporters that the elephants did more for him than he was ever able to do for them, but his story has since been forgotten. Part biography, part war story, and part wildlife adventure, Croke delivers an utterly charming narrative and an important, little-known piece of the legacy of World War II"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Electronic reproduction. New York Random House Publishing Group 2014 Available via World Wide Web. |
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Williams, J. H. (James Howard), 1897-1958.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma.
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Elephant Company (Great Britain)
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Bandoola (Elephant)
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Animals in logging -- Burma -- History -- 20th century.
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Asiatic elephant -- Burma -- History -- 20th century.
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Working elephants -- Burma -- History -- 20th century.
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Animals -- War use -- History -- 20th century.
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Burma -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
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Electronic books.
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OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
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Inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II |
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9780679603993 (electronic bk.) |
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