Elephant Man by Nomi Baumgartl and Chris Gallucci is part biography, part art book and part homage to counter culture.
Chris Gallucci (AKA Elephant man) was untamed. At age 12, he left home and became involved in the rough biker culture of Los Angeles of the late 1960s.
Timbo (AKA "the most dangerous elephant in North America") was also untamed. Although not wild enough to be free, Timbo was dangerous enough to kill.
Chris first met Timbo in 1975. Chris had wandered into the Mojave Desert on his chopper looking for a job. He found one on the set of the movie Roar starring Tippi Hedren and her daughter Melanie Griffith and over 100 wild animals. When the movie was over, the land became a willife sanctuary and Chris stayed.
30 years later, Chris and Timbo were still there. They had tamed each other.
Full of fabulous photographs by Nomi Baumgartl and journal entries from Chris Gallucci's diary, this touching book will teach you about love, devotion and taming the wild animals in us all.
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