Behemoth

Description:

Tobias has written a comprehensive history of the elephant in America. They've contributed to the national discourse on civil rights, immigration, politics, and capitalism; and accorded the rights of American citizenship, including the right to vote and the right to provide testimony under oath. They have incurred brutal punishments when convicted of human crimes.As tragic as it is comic, Tobias traces this animal's indelible footprint on American culture.

subjects: Captive elephants,  History,  Elephants,  Signs and symbols,  United states, civilization,  Animals, symbolic aspects

Places: United States