libraryladykati 's review for:

Last Chain On Billie: How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top by Carol Bradley

4.0

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Tough to read about these poor elephants. In addition to Billie's story, there's tons of anecdotes about other circus elephants and their training and captures. Fascinating and disturbing. I grew up near Baraboo, WI, which has a big circus tradition. We'd go to the circus museum for field trips and we'd wait at the train tracks to watch the circus cars come in. My family even participated in the Great Circus Parade in Milwaukee riding high wheelers. Recommended read!