Water for elephants: a novel
(Book)
As a young man during the Great Depression, Jacob Jankowski is tossed by fate onto a rickety train that is home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. For Jacob, the circus is both his salvation and a living hell. Put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie, he meets Marlena, a beautiful equestrian star married to a charismatic, but twisted, animal trainer. And he meets Rosie, a seemingly untrainable elephant who is the great gray hope for the third-rate traveling show. The bond that grows among this unlikely trio is ultimately their only hope for survival.
Gruen, S. (20112006). Water for elephants: a novel. Mass market ed. Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Gruen, Sara. 20112006. Water for Elephants: A Novel. Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Gruen, Sara, Water for Elephants: A Novel. Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books, 20112006.
MLA Citation (style guide)Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants: A Novel. Mass market ed. Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books, 20112006.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Gruen, Sara. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Water for elephants :|b a novel /|c Sara Gruen. |
| 250 | |a Mass market ed. | ||
| 260 | |a Chapel Hill, N.C. :|b Algonquin Books,|c 2011, c2006. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Chapel Hill, N.C. :|b Algonquin Books,|c 2011. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2006 | |
| 300 | |a 445 p. ;|c 18 cm. | ||
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| 500 | |a Includes "A conversation with the author" (p. [429]-439) and "Book-group discussion questions" (p. [441]-445). | ||
| 520 | |a As a young man during the Great Depression, Jacob Jankowski is tossed by fate onto a rickety train that is home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. For Jacob, the circus is both his salvation and a living hell. Put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie, he meets Marlena, a beautiful equestrian star married to a charismatic, but twisted, animal trainer. And he meets Rosie, a seemingly untrainable elephant who is the great gray hope for the third-rate traveling show. The bond that grows among this unlikely trio is ultimately their only hope for survival. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Depressions|y 1929|v Fiction. | |
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Level 4.4, 14 Points
