The Elephant Remembers

by Edison Marshall

Overview

The Elephant Remembers, tells the story of the early attachment a young elephant develops for one of his caretakers; an attachment that remains even when the two are separated for many years and only reunited when both are in great danger.

The Elephant Remembers, was judged to be one of the top 15 short stories of 1919 and was included in the O Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories anthology of 1919. It has since appeared in many high school textbooks as a classic example of a well-written short story

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012449733
Publisher:	Jeanne Gibson
Publication date:	05/21/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	200 KB

About the Author

Edison Marshall (1894-1967).

The Marshall family moved from Indiana to Oregon when Edison was 14, and, according to his later writings, he loved the area. He attended the University of Oregon there but decided to leave college and take up writing after selling a short story to The Argosy magazine. A prolific writing career that included wide recognition of his writing skills followed.

Marshall spent time abroad as a wild game hunter and those experiences obviously contributed greatly to his writing, but he is best known for his stories about the great Northwest. Some of the latter, incorporate personal experiences such as the time he was lost and nearly froze to death in a blizzard, and another time when he barely escaped death when he was charged by a wounded grizzly bear.