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Summary: One of the best books I have ever read!
Review: This is a touching ,well written story that I think of often. Every now and then I read the last few pages, "Move Up, Mo!" and imagine Bram's young voice and Mo gently moving into position. This year I just may go to the circus to see the elephants...to tribute Mosie.
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Summary: Truly tearbringing
Review: This book is the only book that ever made me cry, and I love it. Here is a true story, that is almost unbelievable in it's beauty. Read Modoc!
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Summary: Tears of joy, tears of sadness, unforgettable
Review: Anyone who loves and respects elephants should read this book. The bond between the boy Bram and Modoc is a powerful read. Their life together was truly amazing, and filled with adventure, grief, and unconditional love. I'm telling everyone about it.
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Summary: TEAR JERKER!
Review: This book left me with the most swollen eyes! I could not put it down once I reached the half-way point. It starts out a little slow, but once you get into it there is no stopping!
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Summary: If it's true, then it's amazing.
Review: Modoc is a good story for adults to share with children, a touching tale of trans-species love.
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Summary: Commentary on the mammalian capacity for love, plus edits.
Review: MODOC Notes on the book by Ralph HelferThis book tells wonderfully of an elephant's capacity to love--in this case a human being, but also to love its own kind. This wonderful emotional glue appears to be common to most large-brained mammals, thus the dolphins and the whales, and bonobos apes, gorillas--the list goes on... British travelers in India have related amazing examples of feats of memory, and acts of thoughtfulness by Indian elephants. It is important that people realize this. The tragic end which came to the African elephant, Tyke, in Honolulu was apparently one of misunderstood heartbreak. His owner had fired his mahout. This is equivalent to the death of a loved-one to the elephant. Further mismanagement only served to terrify the broken-hearted animal until he ran amok. Tyke's case is complicated further by the fact that he was a pubescent African elephant, on the verge of musth, a period of temporary madness which is characteristic of the species, and further complicated by the fact that after musth, African elephants are no longer willing to serve as beasts of burden or as circus performers. Throughout our history, humans have devoted much literature to trying to define themselves as different from all other animals. We elect ourselves as the only beings with a soul. If love is the measure of the soul, many non-humans appear to have more soul than we--in that department, the tales of dogs and horses often put us to shame as well. In the hope that the author in his next edition will insert some spelling and geographic corrections, I am offering the following notes from the 1998 Harper Perennial Edition. ---Marlin Spike Werner, Ph.D. p. 18, 4, line 4 "prostate" should read, "prostrate." The story begins in Germany, so their port of embarkation must have been Hamburg--regardless, from north Germany. Their ship, the Ghanjee, did not go directly to New York, but went by way of India, which means it probably either traversed the Suez Canal, or rounded the southern cape of Africa--neither mentioned--nor was the Arabian Sea. Arriving in the Bay of Bengal [p. 100] put them on the eastern side of India. After the storm sank the Ghanjee, Bram spotted Modoc "washing down current" toward him--but the current didn't carry Bram away. [odd] p. 116, Was the "Kismet Royal Elephantarium" north, south, or east or west of Calcutta? p. 131, 5, ...bodies washed up a hundred miles to the east -- east of Calcutta? Calcutta is more than 100 miles north of the Bay of Bengal, on the Hoogli River. The Hoogli may be a southern and somewhat western branch of the Ganges delta. "100 miles east of Calcutta" would have placed the bodies about 50 miles inland in what is now Bangladesh. p. 155 From the city, "they headed in a southeasterly direction...until he passed the headwaters [sic] of the Ganges River [I believe you mean "mouth" the headwaters of the ganges are among the mountains north of Rishikesh, far to the west.] I can't find the Burmese city of Cushda on the map. At the conclusion of the book, nothing is told of what became of Gertie. ?
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Summary: Wonderful, touching, heart warming and easy to read too!
Review: I will cherish this book forever! I couldn't stop reading it. I found myself sobbing in restaurants, in my car, everywhere! This book really shows the dynamics of a person/animal relationship - it is so touching and amazing. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone and also think it would make a great movie. Maybe a movie (the book too) could help teach people (especially kids) to care more about animals and their feelings and could help prevent more cruelty to animals.
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Summary: It is incredible. Power to Bram for his love and dedication
Review: This book really touched me. I did not know an elephant and a human could have such a bond. I wish the book could have supplied more info on Modoc's movie career and more dates related to the time periods. And I think someone should have turned in that evil man who let kids throw rocks at poor Modoc. Very moving book, really.
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Summary: Wonderful, touching love story
Review: This is a wonderful love story that illustrates how animals and people can relate. It's definitely a sobber - probably a 2 Kleenex box book. But I can't stop thinking about it, and plan to read it again soon. Who cares if the author isn't polished? He told a wonderful story!
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Summary: A HEARTWARMING AND SPIRIT LIFTING STORY
Review: AS ONE WHO LOVES AND COLLECTS ELEPHANTS I LOVED THE BOOK. I KNEW THAT ELEPHANTS WERE WONDERFUL BUT HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY COULD BE SO ATTACHED TO US. NOT ONLY WAS MODOC A HERO BUT HE ALSO ENTERTAINED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
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