Sacred Elephant by Heathcote Williams

Sacred Elephant by Heathcote Williams

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The largest and oldest of land mammals, the elephant, is celebrated by Heathcote Williams in a poem written and broadcast on BBC radio. Verse, pictures and prose aim to end the myths that keep us complacent about the mammoth's slaughter and acknowledge the elephant as nature's great masterpiece.

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Sacred Elephant by Heathcote Williams

The largest and oldest of land mammals, the elephant, is celebrated by Heathcote Williams in a poem written and broadcast on BBC radio. The ancients recognized and revered the elephant as the philosopher statesman of the animal kingdom, but modern man is careless of its mystery. Verse, pictures and prose bring fact and feeling to demolish the myths that keep us complaisant in the mammoth's slaughter. This study explores the elephant's grace, social sophistication, sensitivity and gentle power so that the reader may acknowledge the elephant as nature's great masterpiece. "Sacred Elephant" will also be the subject of a BBC television program like the production of William's "Whale Nation".
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ISBN 13 9780224026420
ISBN 10 0224026429
Title Sacred Elephant
Author Heathcote Williams
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1989-07-27
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.