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01631aam a2200325Ia 4500 001 EBDB3130D67A11E3A5A1377EDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190228010452 008 130618s2013 enkb b 001 0 eng 020 $a 0007461526 020 $a 9780007461523 040 $d SILO 050 4 $a D767.6 $b .M37 2013 082 04 $a 940.542591 $2 23 100 1 $a Martin, Andrew, $d 1962- 245 10 $a Flight by elephant : $b the untold story of World War Two's most daring jungle rescue / $c Andrew Martin. 260 $a London : $b Fourth Estate, $c c2013. 300 $a xiv, 322 p. : $b maps ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-310) and index. 520 $a A decorated veteran of the Royal Flying Corps, Mackrell was a tea plantation overseer in his mid-fifties, with a taste for adventure. Hearing that the Chaukan party was stranded by the monsoon, he knew of only one way to save the fever-weakened and starving refugees. Mackrell undertook a rescue mission given no chance of success by the authorities. The astonishing true story of a middle-aged tea planter, Gyles Mackrell, who mounted an epic rescue mission, with the aid of a herd of elephants and their mahouts. 600 10 $a Mackrell, Gyles. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Burma. 650 0 $a Animals $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Elephants $z Burma. 941 $a 4 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909032119.0 952 $l XFPB697 $d 20160112105802.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20150509013100.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20140508014013.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EBDB3130D67A11E3A5A1377EDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search