Jumbo: This Being The True Story of The Greatest Elephant in The World (Hardback)by Paul ChambersNEW hardback Book - RRP £14.99"Jumbo" is the wonderful, colourful biography of the greatest elephant ever known, Jumbo (from whom we get our word). Born in Africa in 1863, Jumbo was orphaned by ivory-hunters, "rescued" and taken to France. Mistaken for a runt, he was sold to London Zoo, where he became the favourite of the British populace, from Queen Victoria to the young Winston Churchill - until, talent-spotted by the American circus-owner P. T. Barnum, and despite public outcry and Royal protestations, he was taken across the Atlantic to New York. There, having once more conquered public hearts and now a beast of giant proportions, among other exploits he "befriended" a smaller elephant, T... |