Love, War, And Circuses: The Age-Old Relationsip Between Elephants And Humans. -

New York: Houghton Mifflin , 2002. First Edition, First Printing 1/4 cloth AS NEW in AS NEW DJ 8vo (8vo (5-1/2 x 8-1/2), 358 pp including Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Hardbound book is FINE -- Unmarked, Unread, and AS NEW in AS NEW unclipped pictorial DJ. (h) The titles tells the general scope of the book -- the history of elephants from mammoths to creatures of worship to thunderers in wars to circuses, always a source of fascination. Thoroughly researched but engagingly and enjoyably written, this book comes as close to explaining the ways of elephants and how humans perceive them -- not necessarily the same thing -- there is an amazement and awe that is created when in the close presence of an elephant. and Mr. Scigliano understands that.