BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:91@walden.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T181500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T200000 DTSTAMP:20241011T165918Z URL:https://www.walden.org/events/vicki-croke-elephant-company/ SUMMARY:Vicki Croke: ELEPHANT COMPANY DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Walden Woods Project\, as part of The Concord Fe stival of Authors\, for a presentation from best-selling author Vicki Crok e!\n\nAbout Vicki Croke:\n\nVicki Croke is one of the country’s leading nature journalists\, covering animal life—with a particular focus on the deep friendships between humans and other creatures—in her best-selling books\, newspaper and magazine articles\, and for National Public Radio. She is the author of The New York Times bestseller Elephant Company and he r book The Lady and the Panda was optioned for film. Croke’s first book\ , praised by her hero\, Jane Goodall\, is The Modern Ark: The Story of Zoo s—Past\, Present and Future.  \n\n A former news writer for CNN\, Cro ke wrote The Boston Globe’s “Animal Beat” column for thirteen years. Her reporting has appeared in a wide variety of publications and on-air p roductions\, including Discover Magazine\, The London Sunday Telegraph\, G ourmet Magazine\, and NPR. She worked on a TV series pilot for Disney\, ap peared as an animal expert on The Rosie O’Donnell Show\, and was a consu ltant and on-air expert for Primal Contact\, a two-hour documentary about gorillas for A&\;E.  She’s been honored for her on-air reporting at WBUR\, where her story on elephants earned both an Edward R. Murrow Award and a PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Inc.) Award. Her work has also be en recognized with honors from the humane organization MSPCA.\n\nShe is cu rrently a Faculty Fellow at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine ’s Center for Animals and Public Policy.  Traveling extensively\, she h as reported from the field writing stories about elephants\, polar bears\, lions\, owls\, bald eagles\, Tasmanian devils\, and Madagascar’s top pr edator\, the fossa\, among many others. Find out more about Vicki at https ://vickicroke.com/.  \n\nAbout the presentation:\n\nWith archival photos and film of elephants from World War II\, Vicki Croke will tell the true story of ELEPHANT COMPANY:\n\nIn 1920\, Billy Williams came to colonial Bu rma as a “forest man” for a British teak company. Mesmerized by the in telligence and character of the great animals who hauled logs through the jungle\, he became a gifted “elephant wallah\,” seeing remarkable abil ities and emotions and ways of communicating among these elephants that fi eld biologists would confirm decades later. In living with these animals d ay after day and fighting for their humane care\, he came to realize that through their lessons in courage\, trust\, and gratitude\, they had taught him to be a better man. His “teachers” included Bandoola\, the magnif icent tusker\, who would lead refugees to safety\; the young male eventual ly named Guide Man who faithfully help his blind mother\; and Ma Chaw\, or “Miss Smooth\," who knew how to ask Williams for medical care.  It is a timeless story of compassion\, heroism\, and love. \n\nWhen: October 2 4\, 6:15-8:00 pm EST.\n\nWhere: The Walden Woods Project (address provided upon registration)\n\nDoors will open at 6:15 pm for a wine and cheese re ception.  The presentation will begin at 7:00 pm.\n\n\n\nThis event is ge nerously sponsored by The Commons in Lincoln.\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\ n \;\n\n \;\n\n CATEGORIES:Lectures,Special Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR