Ivory's Ghosts: The White Gold of History and the Fate of Elephants

by John Frederick Walker

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Long before gold and gemstones held allure, humans were drawn to the "jewels of the elephant"--its great tusks--for their beauty, rarity, and ability to be finely carved. In Ivory's Ghosts , John Frederick Walker tells the astonishing story of the human lust for ivory and its cataclysmic implications for elephants. Each age and each culture, from ancient Egypt to nineteenth-century America and modern Japan, found its own artistic, religious, and even...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0871139952

ISBN13:9780871139955

Release Date:January 2009

Publisher:Atlantic Monthly Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Africa Animals Endangered Species Fauna History Mammals Nature Nature & Ecology World

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