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Patricia Sumerling is an Adelaide-based professional historian who believes some of the unresolved tales she comes across in her work are ripe for unravelling and for imaginative reconstruction as distinctively South Australian stories.
Patricia is a co-author of the landmark publication Heritage of the City of Adelaide: An illustrated guide (1990) and the author of The Adelaide Park Lands: A social history (2011). She is author of Elephants and Egotists: In search of Samorn of the Adelaide Zoo (2016) and debuted as a novelist in 2010 with the historical crime mystery The Noon Lady of Towitta. Patricia Sumerling’s first book about hotels, published in 1998, was Down at the Local: The history of hotels in Kensington, Norwood and Kent Town.
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Samorn, the Adelaide Zoo's last elephant, was adored by generations of zoo visitors. A gift from the Thai government in 1956, she was transferred thirty-five years later to Monarto Zoo to live out her days. When she died there in 1994 there was an outpouring of sadness from all who knew or grew up with her.Elephants and Egotists is a tribute to Samorn, but also tells of other elephants sent to South Australia and the colourful characters who decided their fate. Elephants, particularly those in Southeast Asia, are now a critically endangered species needing our concern and immediate action. As Sir David Attenborough asks: 'The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?' Samorn, the Adelaide Zoo's last elephant, was adored by generations of zoo visitors. A gift from the Thai government in 1956, she was transferred 35 years later to Monarto Zoo to live out her days. When she died in 1994 there was an outpouring of sadness from all who knew or grew up with her. This book is a tribute to Samorn and other elephants. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781743053997
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