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The Cowboy and His Elephant: the Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Malcolm MacPherson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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**From Amazon.com:** In the late 1980s, a female baby elephant was born into a herd that lived on the plains of southern Africa. Her mother has carried her for two years, and normally she would have nursed her for five more. But the close-knit family of wild elephants was to face a predator for which it was no match--humans. In a "cull," her family was slaughtered in a few moments. Only the newborn female's life was spared. Terrified and bewildered the young elephant was transported to America to be sold. There she met the person who was to change her life forever. Bob Norris is a cowboy with an enormous empathy for animals that overwhelms his other emotions. He was raised with a pet bear and as a boy decided to become a real cowboy. He saw his dream come true in Colorado on one of the larger horse-and-cattle ranches in America. Handsome as a movie star, he became the Marlboro Man and appeared on TV and on billboards around the world. But with the passing of years, and with his own family grown up, he felt the need for something that he could not name. When she came into his life by happenstance, the hurt, vulnerable little elephant tapped the fullness of Bob's empathy, and an incr

Who reads The Cowboy and His Elephant: the Story of a Remarkable Friendship?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Malcolm MacPherson
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Published
2001
Language
EN
ISBN
9780312252090
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Science, Fiction, Memoir
Rating
4.03 / 5 (425 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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