Through the Eyes of Ernest: A Memoir to Honor Elephants

If your heart is open to the gentleness of animals and their tragic intersection with humanity, Ernest is the elephant to tell you his story.

Ernest and his best friend Maggie were born in captivity and have no idea about life in the wild. Wild born Frankie, tells Ernest all about the pleasures of living wild, and the family he misses so much.

When humans send Ernest and his best friend Maggie to the circus to perform, they meet other wild born elephants, including wise old Mary and majestic, motherly Eve. Ernest learns more about what he's been denied even as he discovers the rigorous, sometimes brutal world of circus training.

A somber but ultimately hopeful tale told from an elephant's point of view, Through the Eyes of Ernest asks us to consider why we keep such intelligent, social animals in captivity.