{"product_id":"elephantoms-tracking-the-elephant-9780393324594","title":"Elephantoms: Tracking the Elephant","description":"As a child in South Africa, spending summers exploring the wild with his boyhood friends, Lyall Watson came face to face with his first elephant. This \"entertaining and enchanting\" work (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e) chronicles how Watson's fascination grew into a lifelong quest to understand the nature and behavior of this impressive creature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From that moment on, Watson's fascination grew into a lifelong obsession with understanding the nature and behavior of this impressive creature. Around the world, the elephant--at once a symbol of spiritual power and physical endurance--has been worshipped as a god and hunted for sport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Watson's insights and speculations are dazzling, but what lends them power is his extraordinary knowledge of evolutionary biology and animal behavior, ethnography and South African history\" (Wade Davis, \u003cem\u003eNational Geographic Society\u003c\/em\u003e). \"Like a shaman, Watson conjures up the spirit of the massive beast\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e), documents the animal's wide-ranging capabilities to remember and to mourn, and reminds us of its rich mythic origins, its evolution, and its devastation in recent history. Part meditation on an elusive animal, part evocation of the power of place, \u003cem\u003eElephantoms\u003c\/em\u003e presents an alluring mix of the mysteries of nature and the wonders of childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWatson, Lyall:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eLyall Watson\u003c\/strong\u003e (1939--2008) was a naturalist and the author of over twenty books, including \u003cem\u003eHeaven's Breath\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eJacobson's Organ\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491712897298,"sku":"9780393324594","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_491edf9a-7dfe-4bff-986c-bed07e0eb6f4.jpg?v=1730551603","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/elephantoms-tracking-the-elephant-9780393324594","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}