Elephant Dawn

In 2001, Sharon Pincott traded her privileged life as a high-flying corporate executive to start a new one with the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe. She was unpaid, untrained, self-funded and arrived with the starry-eyed idealism of most foreigners during early encounters with Africa. For thirteen years - the worst in Zimbabwe's volatile history - this intrepid Australian woman lived in the Hwange bush fighting for the lives of these elephants, forming an extraordinary and life-changing bond with them.
Now remote from Robert Mugabe's rule, Sharon writes without restraint sequentially through the years, taking us on a truly unforgettable ride of hope and heartbreak, profound love and loss, adversity and new beginnings. This is the haunting, all-encompassing story we've been waiting for.

Powerfully moving, sometimes disturbing and often very funny, Elephant Dawn is a celebration of love, courage and honour amongst our greatest land mammals. With resilience beyond measure, Sharon earns the supreme right to call them family.

[The book includes 32 pages of colour photographs.]

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• Healing Rhinos and Other Souls: The Extraordinary Fortunes of a Bushveld Vet
• Don't Look Behind You!: A Safari Guide's Encounters with Ravenous Lions, Stampeding Elephants, and Lovesick Rhinos
• Msomi and Me: Tales from the African bush
• When Eagles Roar: The Amazing Journey of an African Wildlife Adventurer
• The Cowboy and His Elephant: The Story of a Remarkable Friendship
• Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story
• The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
• The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures