The Great American Elephant Chase
- ISBN-10
- 0140370145
- ISBN-13
- 9780140370140
- Category
- Elephants
- Pages
- 193
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Puffin
- Author
- Gillian Cross
Description
In 1881, fifteen-year-old Tad, an orphan, helps a girl attempting to get a mighty Indian elephant to friends in Nebraska, all the while pursued by two unscrupulous villains who claim that the elephant is theirs.
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