Elephant Dawn, Sharon Pincott
Elephant Dawn, Sharon Pincott
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Elephant Dawn
The Inspirational Story of Thirteen Years Living with Elephants in the African Wilderness

Author: Sharon Pincott

Narrator: Cat Gould

Unabridged: 13 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/06/2019

Synopsis

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 honor amongst our greatest land mammals. With resilience beyond measure, Sharon earns the supreme right to call them family.

About Sharon Pincott

Born in Queensland, Australia, Sharon Pincott is the author of two highly acclaimed books published in South Africa and is the subject of an internationally successful documentary. Her work has been profiled in National Geographic, BBC Wildlife, and Africa Geographic. She is credited with having formed one of the most remarkable relationships with wild elephants ever documented.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christina

Sharon Pincott's Elephant Dawn is one of the most powerful stories I have read about elephant conservation in recent years. I conducted an interview with Pincott for National Geographic while she still lived just outside Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park ("The Fate of the Presidential Elephants"). Duri......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

This is an extraordinary story. The author lets you think for yourself so do that right throughout and the ending will flood you with emotion.......more

Goodreads review by Brenda

I don't find time to read as often as I would like but I encourage everyone to read this incredible story. A good cry brings relief and I had several while absorbing every last word of this beautiful story. Sharon Pincott is an elephant heroine. Now she is mine too. This book is powerful and gut wre......more

Goodreads review by Margaret

I enjoyed this book and learnt a lot about elephant behavior and Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. It’s a story of one Australian woman’s devotion to the President’s herd of elephants in Hwange Zimbabwe against all odds: Isolation, alienation, insecurity, threats, a volatile political situation and the land invasi......more

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