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.

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

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