<p><strong>How far would you go to save a friend?</strong></p><p><strong>And what if that friend were an animal in captivity?</strong></p><p><em>The Last Elephant in New York City</em> is the story of Maxwell a Ghanaian wildlife ranger Jessie an American researcher and the elephant that united them. On a decades-long mission of compassion this is a journey of heartbreak hope and redemption laid out in snapshots like memory itself. Illustrating the worst and best of humanity it&rsquo;s a glimpse of parallel worlds&mdash;the ongoing sorrows of African elephant poaching and the struggles of life for elephants in zoos. Read it out loud. Read it with someone you love.</p><p><em>Inspired by actual events</em></p>