Ivory's Ghosts: The White Gold of History and the Fate of Elephants by John Frederick Walker

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

John Frederick Walker

304 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history nature dark informative slow-paced
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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 hu...

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