Behemoth PB

In the two hundred years since their arrival in America, elephants have worked on farms, mills, mines, and railroads, in Hollywood, and in professional baseball. They've contributed to the national discourse on civil rights, immigration, politics, and capitalism. They became so deeply ingrained in the American way that they were once accorded the rights of American citizenship, including the right to vote and the right to provide testimony under oath--and they have incurred brutal punishments when convicted of human crimes.

In Behemoth, Ronald B. Tobias has written the first comprehensive history of the elephant in America. As tragic as it is comic, this enthralling chronicle traces this animal's indelible footprint on American culture.

Author: Ronald B. Tobias
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 10/08/2013
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.38w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9780062244857

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/26/2013
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2013
New York Times Book Review 12/15/2013 pg. 34
Choice 07/01/2014

About the Author
Tobias, Ronald B.: -

Ronald B. Tobias is a professor of science and natural history filmmaking in the School of Film and Photography at Montana State University. He was a producer for the Discovery Channel for fifteen years and has produced, written, and directed more than thirty natural history films, many of which have appeared on the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet.

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