Mel W. (catmandieu) reviewed on 11/8/2011

As a work of fiction, this book would be fairly interesting and engaging. However, the author claims that the book is based on a true story. Any cursory investigation of that claim would show that the claim is entirely bogus. You will not be able to find any information about the main character; that's because he doesn't exist. Modoc, as the elephant described in the book, didn't exist either. Her story may have been blending of several elephants by that name who lived and performed in circuses during the 20th century. This book took me in! Don't believe a word of it as you read it, but just enjoy it for the fairy tale that it is.

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