The Elephant War

by Gillian Avery

Mr Copplestone & The Smiths (4)

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When P. T. Barnum decides to take Jumbo to America, Aunt Louisa and the Oxford children band together to save the animal and begin The Elephant War of England.

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Set in 1875, this is the story of Harriet's crusade to save Jumbo the elephant (of the London Zoo) from being sent to America and 'sold into slavery'; and of her feud with the three Smith brothers who say that the campaign is nonsense.

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Herrie om Jumbo
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P. T. Barnum
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Children's Books, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
823.91Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-1999
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PZ7 .A939 .ELanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres

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