By Mark James Owens, Cordelia Dykes Owens
Expelled from Botswana for writing Cry of the Kalahari, the Owenses trigger throughout Africa. They settled in Zambia, the place they quickly chanced on their peace shattered through the gunfire of elephant poachers. this can be the tale of the couple's conflict to avoid wasting the elephants and their very own lives.
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