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Book

Queenie : one elephant's story

Call Number

  • J 599.67 FENT (CEN)

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Edition

1st U.S. ed.

Publication Information

Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2013, c2006.

Physical Description

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 26 cm.

Summary

The true and tragic story of one of the most famous elephants of all time: Queenie, the gentle Indian elephant. Evoking a time when elephants were giving rides in zoos all around the world, the true story of Queenie follows her from her birth in an Indian jungle to Australia's Melbourne Zoo, where she lived for more than forty years.

Subjects

Added Authors

Peter Gouldthorpe