This book doesn't appear to be that old, but it seems to fit other aspects of the description:

http://www.amazon.com/Shout-at-Devil-Wilbur-Smith-ebook/dp/B004YENIX4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391031806&sr=1-1&keywords=shout+at+the+devil#


Barbara Beaton
Assistant Director/Reference Librarian
Milan Public Library
151 Wabash St.
Milan, MI 48160
(734) 439-1240





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Subject: [Michlib-l] guess the book
From: "director" <shermandirector@winntel.net>
Date: Wed, January 29, 2014 1:25 pm
To: <Michlib-l@mail.mcls.org>

I had a patron come in recently looking for a title that he read “a really long time ago.” My hints were:
 
-main character/narrator is male
-during/after WWII
-set in Africa
-elephant whose name means “plows the earth”
-main character killed by elephant at the end
 
I’ve been researching and unable to find anything that seems to fit so far. My patron knows it’s a long shot to find it based on what he remembers, but I’d still like to give it my best shot. J
 
Ms. TJ Smith
Ms. TJ Smith
Library Director
Sherman Township Library
(989) 644-5131
 

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