01445cam a2200301 4500 350125462 TxAuBib 20101221120000.0 090109s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009000852 9780061651601 0061651605 9780061651618 trade pbk. 0061651613 trade pbk. (OCoLC)262886430 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP BRL CBL EINCP BWX Q2Z VP@ IG# ALH TxAuBib Nicholson, Christopher, 1956- The elephant keeper / Christopher Nicholson. 1st U.S. ed. New York : William Morrow, 2009. 298 p. ; 24 cm. In 1766, a ship docks at Bristol, England, disgorging a crate with two young elephants in poor health, but alive. A wealthy sugar merchant purchases them for his country estate and turns their care over to a young stable boy, Tom Page. It takes time for Tom and the two elephants to understand each other, but to the surprise of everyone on the estate, a remarkable bond is formed, and changes the lives of all who meet them. 20101221. Elephants Fiction. Human-animal relationships Fiction. Stablehands Fiction. England Social life and customs 18th century Fiction.