The Elephant Whisperer

The Elephant Whisperer

Rating:  The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild, by Lawrence Anthony.  Thomas Dunne Books (2009), 368 pages. Anthony tells the story here of his life on a game reserve in South Africa.  He makes a point in the prologue of letting...
Strength in What Remains

Strength in What Remains

Rating:  Strength in What Remains, by Tracy Kidder.  Random House (2009), 277 pages. Kidder tells the story in Strength in What Remains of Deo, a young man from Burundi who survives the Hutu/Tutsi massacres in 1994 and arrives in New York City with only...