In 2001, Sharon Pincott traded her privileged life as a high-flying corporate executive to start a new one with the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe. She was unpaid, untrained, self-funded and arrived with the starry-eyed idealism of most foreigners during early encounters with Africa. For thirteen years - the worst in Zimbabwe's volatile history - this intrepid Australian woman lived in the Hwange bush fighting for the lives of these elephants, forming an extraordinary and life-changing bond with them. Now remote from Robert Mugabe's rule, Sharon writes without restraint sequentially through the years, taking us on a truly unforgettable ride of hope and heartbreak, profound love and loss, adversity and new beginnings. This is the haunting, all-encompassing story we've been waiting for. Powerfully moving, sometimes disturbing and often very funny, Elephant Dawn is a celebration of love, courage and honour amongst our greatest land mammals. With resilience beyond measure, Sharon earns the supreme right to call them family. [The book includes 32 pages of colour photographs.] 'Every now and then a book comes along that breaks through the wallpaper of my own life and delivers its message intravenously. Elephant Dawn did that for me - an intense read, inspiring and moving... Over an incredible 13 years this tough-as-teak lady developed a valuable understanding of all 17 extended family groups that make up the greater 500-strong herd. She also became the public figurehead of this herd in their battle against the deadly intentions of the poachers and trophy hunters. Her deeply personal bond with some of the matriarchs (who would come running when she called) really struck a chord with me...' Simon Espley, CEO, Africa Geographic 'Can one human make a difference? In Elephant Dawn , you find out that the answer is yes. Can one human change the plight of a doomed species? Well, no, but to every individual rescued from a snare or some other horror, help meant the world.' Ingrid E. Newkirk, President, PETA 'Riveting reading.... [ Elephant Dawn is] touchingly genuine, with gut truth and sheer determination.' Book Chat, South Africa '[Sharon Pincott] formed one of the most remarkable bonds ever with wild elephants. Untrained and unpaid, the idealistic Sharon proved to be an elephant whisperer... Her vulnerability as a lone woman in the bush is an emotional roller-coaster, especially when her friends depart one by one as the situation worsens. Yet she is resilient and courageous to the very end... guaranteed to produce a lump in the throat, if not tears.' South Africa's Wild magazine 'What [Jane] Goodall and [Dian] Fossey were for primates... Sharon Pincott [has] been for elephants... Elephant Dawn is heartwarming, funny, incisive, searingly honest and at times deeply sad. It's a ... plea for Africa's elephants and an insight into the mind of one of the earth's most intelligent creatures.' Don Pinnock, Investigative Journalist, South Africa 'An inspirational book full of adventure and emotions, showing true courage and determination of an exceptional woman who lived 13 years with elephants in Zimbabwe facing daily the adversity that only her passion for these gentle giants could overcome.' Francoise Malby-Anthony, wife of the late Lawrence Anthony of THE ELEPHANT WHISPERER. Thula Thula Game Reserve, South Africa [Elephant Dawn] is full of... accounts of [Sharon Pincott's] deeply intimate bond with the elephant families... It is a genuinely personal account of the hardships and triumphs of a courageous and often hilarious lady. I was riveted. (Rating: 'Unforgettable') Writerswrite, South Africa 'A remarkable story of resilience and courage in the fight to save the African elephant. Sharon Pincott is a true wildlife warrior.' Gareth Patterson, best-selling author of The Secret Elephants 'A raw, honest story that needs to be heard. Sharon Pincott gives a passionate and moving voice to a species in peril; the silent, innocent victims of man's greed.' Tony Park, bestselling author of An Empty Coast 'A woman on a passionate mission. Her astonishing adventure. Political intrigue. A book to take the reader into another world.' Caroline Jones, award-winning Australian journalist 'This mesmerizing book is not just about a love of elephants, it is also about the indomitable spirit of someone who followed her passion. Sharon Pincott is one of the bravest women I have ever known. She has risked so much for elephants and it is a gift to us that we can now read this moving account of her thirteen years in Zimbabwe fighting to save a population of elephants she came to know intimately.' Cynthia Moss, world-renowned Elephant Specialist, celebrated in BBC's Echo of the Elephants. '[ Elephant Dawn ] is hard hitting, and factual, a story that everyone should read... It is a book that I will keep to read again. It begins in 2001 and takes us all the way through to 2014 and beyond. Memories of so many things that happen