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Chargement... The Big Footprints (original 1977; édition 1977)par Hammond Innes (Auteur)
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London journalist Colin Tait reviews the conflict between Alex Kirby-Smith, an experienced hunter with a government contract to thin out the elephant herds to provide meat for starving tribes, and Cornelius van Delden, who is determined to save the herds. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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There are a couple of good moments. The escape up Mt. Kulal and through its gorge is memorable. For a few pages, it seems that Innes might save his story. But things quickly ebb back into meaningless speculations about the abilities and motives of elephants. Telepathy? Really? His protagonist, Colin Tait, is hardly worth mentioning, so little does he have an effect on things. Only his escape, along with that of American cameraman Abe Finkel and Mary Delden, the daughter of an aging conservationist intent on saving the elephants at all costs, whether by sabotage or killing his opponents, carries the usual Innes stamp. Their struggle against the wilds of desert and drought make for a few thrilling pages as well. ( )