The Eye of the Elephant

An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness

Delia Owens, Mark Owens

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Year: 1993
• eBook ISBN:
  9780547524665
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

An "exciting" true account of battling the elephant poachers of Zambia by the author of Where the Crawdads Sing and her fellow biologist ( The Boston Globe).
 
Intelligent, majestic, and loyal, with lifespans matching our own, elephants are among the greatest of the wonders gracing the African wilds. Yet, in the 1970s and 1980s, about a thousand of these captivating creatures were slaughtered in Zambia each year, killed for their valuable ivory tusks. When biologists Mark and Delia Owens, residing in Africa to study lions, found themselves in the middle of a poaching fray, they took the only side they morally could: that of the elephants.
 
From the authors of Secrets of the Savanna, The Eye of the Elephant is "part adventure story, part wildlife tale," recounting the Owens's struggle to save these innocent animals from decimation, a journey not only to supply the natives with ways of supporting their villages, but also to cultivate support around the globe for the protection of elephants ( The Boston Globe). Filled with daring exploits among disgruntled hunters, arduous labor on the African plains, and vivid depictions of various wildlife, this remarkable tale is at once an adventure story, a travelogue, a preservationist call to action, and a fascinating examination of both human and animal nature.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Authors’ Note
• Principal Characters
• Mpika District
• North Luangwa National Park
• The Dry Season
• Prologue
• Flight to Deception
• Home to the Dunes
• Against the Wind
• Beyond Deception
• A Season for Change
• Prologue
• Into the Rift
• Floods
• A Valley of Life
• The Heart of the Village
• Survivor’s Seasons
• Eye of the Dragon
• The Second Ivory Coast
• A Zebra with No Stripes
• Chikilinti Juju
• The Eagle
• Moon Shadow
• One Tusk
• The Eye of the Storm
• Nyama Zamara
• Close Encounters
• The Last Season
• Cherry Bombs
• Scouts on the Prowl
• Mwamfushi Village
• Sharing the Same Season
• Epilogue
• Postscript
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Notes
• Acknowledgments
• Index
• The Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation
• About the Authors
• Connect with HMH
• Footnotes