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| Author | L. Sprague de Camp |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Zoology |
| Publisher | Pyramid Books |
| Publication date | 1964 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 179 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
Elephant is a 1964 science book by L. Sprague de Camp, published by Pyramid Books as part of The World of Science series.
While a decent study of its subject, the book is important more for its insight into the mind of the author than in its own right, elephants being a lifelong interest of de Camp's that figures in many of his other literary works. In his early time travel novel Lest Darkness Fall his protagonist Martin Padway pens a similar monograph, while in his historical novel An Elephant for Aristotle details the difficulties in transporting an elephant from India to Greece during ancient times. De Camp also wrote a number of articles about elephants.
References
- Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller, 23.
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