Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II by Vicki Constantine Croke

Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II

Vicki Constantine Croke

368 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous emotional informative slow-paced
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Billy Williams came to colonial Burma in 1920, fresh from service in World War I, to a job as a “forest man” for a British teak company. Mesmerized by the intelligence, character, and even humor of the great animals who hauled logs through the rem...

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Moods

adventurous 100%
informative 81%
inspiring 45%
hopeful 27%
sad 27%
tense 27%
challenging 18%
emotional 18%
reflective 9%

Pace

medium 54%
slow 27%
fast 18%

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