Persistence of Light

Persistence of Light
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Publisher : SCB Distributors
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9781948749176
ISBN-13 : 1948749173
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Book Synopsis Persistence of Light by : John Hoyte

Download or read book Persistence of Light written by John Hoyte and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Hoyte was a student at Cambridge University who realized one day that a grant he might get could provide an interesting and unusual summer vacation. And thus was born the idea of leading an elephant over the Alps via the trails, paths, and mountain passes taken by Hannibal with his army and war elephants in 218 B.C to do battle with the Roman empire. Hoyte’s successful mission, with an elephant named Jumbo on loan from the Turin zoo, became a media sensation, leading to international coverage and starting him on the way to a fifty-year career as an inventor and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Hoyte’s story is a fascinating one, beginning with the six years of his childhood spent in a Japanese internment camp in China during World War II. Throughout the years that followed, he has taken each surprising twist and turn of fate and used it to help build a life infused with purpose, creativity and fulfillment.


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