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Two young woodsmen join a hunt for a giant outlaw elephant near a hot lake marked on Selim’s map.
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De gevaarlijke solitaire olifant in short
The Rogue Elephant follows a handful of people from a New York club to the edge of the map. Schoverling takes the taxidermist von Hofe and two young woodsmen into elephant country with a small party. They meet a rhino, a forest herd, a desert, a dead raider's last letter, and a lake that seems to have grown its own monsters.
What De gevaarlijke solitaire olifant is about
What would you do if a letter told you to quit your job and come to New York for a voyage to Africa? Charlie Collins, a young electrician's apprentice in Calgary, shouts, grabs his pay, and goes.
Elliott Whitney wrote The Rogue Elephant for young readers, in the years when museums sent expeditions abroad to build lifelike animal groups. An American explorer, Louis Schoverling, called the General, leads the party. With him go a German taxidermist, Dr. Gross von Hofe, and two teenage woodsmen, Charlie and a Cree boy named Jack Sawtooth. You get a journey from New York to the wild country north of Mount Kenya, and a rumor of a monstrous outlaw elephant.
Voor wie is het?. You will enjoy this if you like expedition tales, big-game country, loyal friendships, clever field craft, and young heroes who earn their place.
The story in 9 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A letter sends two boys to Africa
The story starts in the Explorers' Club in New York, where von Hofe pounds a table. Schoverling has said he wants to bring boys on an elephant hunt. The German calls him crazy as a loon. Schoverling answers calmly. He will command the trip and pick the party.
Two museums have asked von Hofe for a family of elephants each. The doctor is an artist, and he refuses at first to touch a gun. So the shooting and guiding fall to Schoverling.
Five days later a letter reaches Charlie in Calgary. The letter tells him to come east and bring Jack Sawtooth, a seventeen-year-old Cree whom Charlie has never met.
Jack thinks Africa must be a joke until he sees the letter and a check. The two like each other at once and take the train east together. Both boys are used to hard work and relying on themselves, and that is why a seasoned explorer wants them.
A good companion is worth more than any amount of equipment.
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A password and a legend aboard ship
In New York the party lays out its plan over a map.
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Mombasa, Nakuro, and a first taste of hunting
Mombasa greets them with Arab boats, English officers, Sikhs, and Gurkhas.
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Rhino and elephants in the Kenya forest
At Mount Kenya the party camps by a river crossing and brings in Kikuyu guides.
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Scouting the road and the desert
After the hunt, von Hofe needs ten days to prepare the skins, so Schoverling takes the boys to map the route north.
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Giant buffalo, a haunted lake, and Selim's bargain
Mowbray's letter names Lake Quilqua and an island stronghold swept by plague.
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Two boys on a fresh trail
With the Arabs gone, the explorers decide to look for the rogue at once.
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What the adventure is really about
Two themes run through the book.
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How the story is told
Whitney tells the story in plain, fast scenes, with each chapter ending on a small hook.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Charlie Collins A resourceful young apprentice from Calgary who has walked across Canada alone and now wants to prove himself on a great African hunt.
- Jack Sawtooth A seventeen-year-old Cree from Mirror Landing, a sharp tracker and fast thinker who treats animals as little brothers.
- Louis Schoverling The General, an American explorer who commands the expedition and believes a small, skilled party can live off the land.
- Dr. Gross von Hofe A famous German taxidermist who needs elephants for two museums, initially refuses to hunt, and later shoots an oryx himself.
- Mowbray A small, fierce ivory raider hunted by the British, who has gone ahead to find something big in the north.
- Selim ben Amoud A polished Arab trader who tells of a magic lake and always seems to have his own purpose.
- Gholab Singh A Gurkha cook and camp manager who keeps strict discipline and serves the General faithfully.
- Bakari A English-speaking Masai headman who leads his warriors north without fear.
How it ends (spoiler)
Charlie and Jack stop the charging rogue elephant with their heavy rifles. Charlie shatters his forelegs and Jack fires the finishing shots, and a falling tusk stuns Amir Ali. The party skins the giant and loads ivory and hide on the wagon. They cross the desert home, report Mowbray's fate and the lake country, and Schoverling is made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Months later the mounted rogue stands in a museum, credited to the boys and von Hofe.
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What is The Rogue Elephant about?
It follows an American explorer, a German taxidermist, and two teenage woodsmen on an expedition to East Africa. They collect elephants for museums and then follow rumors of a hot lake and a huge outlaw elephant.
Who are Charlie Collins and Jack Sawtooth?
They are the two young heroes. Charlie is a Nova Scotia-born apprentice electrician in Calgary, and Jack is a Cree trapper's son. Both are skilled in tracking and trail life, and both are invited by the General.
What does rogue elephant mean in the story?
A rogue is a big bull elephant that has left its herd and lives alone. In the book it is dangerous and often attacks men, and the party is told of one of enormous size near a hot lake.
Is The Rogue Elephant a true story?
It is a work of fiction by Elliott Whitney, written in the early twentieth century. It uses real places such as Mombasa and Mount Kenya and the real practice of collecting animals for museum displays.
Is The Rogue Elephant easy to read?
Yes, the chapters are short, the language is plain, and each one ends on a small hook. Explanations of animals, tools, and terms arrive just when you need them, so a newcomer can follow every scene.
Verwijs naar deze uitgave
Whitney, Elliott. The Rogue Elephant. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-rogue-elephant.
Whitney, E. (2026). The rogue elephant. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-rogue-elephant
Whitney, Elliott. The Rogue Elephant. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-rogue-elephant.
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