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    Elephant Dawn: The Inspirational Story of Thirteen Years Living with Elephants in the African Wilderness
    Elephant Dawn: The Inspirational Story of Thirteen Years Living with Elephants in the African Wilderness
    Elephant Dawn: The Inspirational Story of Thirteen Years Living with Elephants in the African Wilderness
    Audiobook13 hours

    Elephant Dawn: The Inspirational Story of Thirteen Years Living with Elephants in the African Wilderness

    Written by Sharon Pincott

    Narrated by Cat Gould

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    About this audiobook

    In 2001, Sharon Pincott traded her privileged life as a high-flying corporate executive to start a new one with the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe. She was unpaid, untrained, self-funded, and arrived with the starry-eyed idealism of most foreigners during early encounters with Africa. For thirteen years-the worst in Zimbabwe's volatile history-this intrepid Australian woman lived in the Hwange bush fighting for the lives of these elephants, forming an extraordinary and life-changing bond with them.

    Now remote from Robert Mugabe's rule, Sharon writes without restraint sequentially through the years, taking us on a truly unforgettable ride of hope and heartbreak, profound love and loss, adversity and new beginnings. This is the haunting, all-encompassing story we've been waiting for.

    Powerfully moving, sometimes disturbing, and often very funny, Elephant Dawn is a celebration of love, courage, and honor amongst our greatest land mammals. With resilience beyond measure, Sharon earns the supreme right to call them family.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateAug 6, 2019
    ISBN9781977319272
    Elephant Dawn: The Inspirational Story of Thirteen Years Living with Elephants in the African Wilderness

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    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this book and I am now booking my trip to Africa.
    • 5/5
      This was the best book ever I’ve ever listen to .Sharon it’s quite a lady after my own heart. Phenomenal stories phenomenal writing phenomenal narration the whole thing was one of the best elephant books I’ve ever listen to I wish I could find some more just like that
    • 5/5
      An incredible book by a powerful person. Hats off to the author's iron will to safeguard a critically important species. I learned a lot about elephant behaviours, poaching, preservation methods and more. Most of all, I'm inspired by the author's passionate work. Read it, spread the word and help save elephants ??
    • 3/5
      Even though I admired the work Sharon Pincott was doing in Zimbabwe, and was moved by the personal relationship she developed with the majestic elephants, especially Lady, I found "Elephant Dawn" slow to read. It became too bogged down in the struggles the author had with local and federal bureaucracy, but when she wrote about the President's elephants, it was magical.