Author: Williams, J.H.
Title: Elephant Bill
Description: Rupert Hart-Davis 1955 [x], 245, 16 b/w plates, 2 illus, 3 maps. . HB. 8vo, orig. boards. Vg in d/w (spine faded). Small mark to fore-edge of text.. Adventure library edition (first published 1950). James Howard Williams, also known as Elephant Bill (1897-1958), was a British soldier and elephant expert working in Burma, he is also known for his work with the Fourteenth Army in Burma during World War II. This book covers his time working with elephants, used by the Royal Indian Engineers to extract lumber, build bridges, and launch boats. Field Marshall Slim, commander of the Fourteenth, says in the foreword "They built hundreds of bridges for us, they helped to build and launch more ships for us than Helen ever did for Greece. Without them our retreat from Burma would have been even more arduous and our advance to its liberation slower and more difficult"..

Keywords: Burma; Myanmar; Southeast Asia; Asia; Elephants; World War 2


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