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<p>The incredible story of Gyles Mackrell and his Burmese, elephant-assisted wartime rescue mission.</p> <br> <br> <p>In the summer of 1942, Gyles Mackrell - a decorated First World War pilot and tea plantation overseer, performed a series of heroic rescues in the hellish jungles of Japanese-occupied Burma - with the aid of twenty elephants.</p> <p>At the age of 53, Mackrell went into the 'green hell' of the Chaukan Pass on the border of North Burma and Assam. Here, Mackrell and a team of elepha
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- Author
- Martin, Andrew, 1962- author
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers; Fourth Estate
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780007512720
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- History, Transportation, Biography
- Rating
- 3.37 / 5 (6 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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