The Elephant Keeper, (Paperback)

from jd234512

I am having a hard time landing on a true overall opinion on the book, because it was definitely very readable and flowed very well(and was written well). On the other hand, some of the dialogue between Tom and Jenny was fairly contrived and not extremely believable. While it was certainly very c...

from DeBruyn

This is the story of an eighteenth century boy who is given the job of elephant keeper by his first master. As the elephant is sold from one man to the next, the boy grows into an old man. A deep attachment is formed between both boy and elephant and is enjoyed in the first half of the novel. In ...

from SugarCreekRanch

The Elephant Keeper is a fictional story of a young horse groom who takes on the care of two elephants in 1700's England. The book is formatted as if Tom Page is writing it, as a record of the elephants' lives. It follows Tom and the elephants for several decades. This book was just a so-so read ...

from Sararush

Christopher Nicholson's The Elephant Keeper is a surprisingly melancholy re-imagining of what is must have been like to introduce exotic animals into late eighteenth century England. The first half of the novel is a sweet mix of coming of age and innocent love story of Elephants and their Keeper,...

from mrstreme

For an animal lover like me, it's hard to dislike The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson. The main character, Tom Page, is a likeable guy, who devoted his life to care for two elephants in late 18th century England. The elephants were all personality - characters that you loved and wanted t...