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John Hoyte
Paperback: Perfect bound, 228 pages , 5.5" x 8.5" ISBN 978-1-948749-06-0 Order this title from your local bookstore. Use this link to find bookstores in your area. Buy the paperback from Amazon or Barnes & Noble Amazon $17.95 Barnes & Noble $17.95 Ebook coming soon Amazon $9.99 Barnes & Noble $9.99 |
About the Book
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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About the Author
As one of six children of British missionaries in China, John Hoyte grew up in a life built on family and faith—until World War II swept through, putting him and his siblings in a Japanese internment camp for six long years. Grit, determination, and imagination were the only way to survive—and they became the basis for the seven decades that followed, marked by such amazing exploits for Hoyte as leading an elephant across the Alps to follow in Hannibal’s path and perfecting an invention that launched a 50-year career in Silicon Valley.
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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Coming soon!
About the Author
As one of six children of British missionaries in China, John Hoyte grew up in a life built on family and faith—until World War II swept through, putting him and his siblings in a Japanese internment camp for six long years. Grit, determination, and imagination were the only way to survive—and they became the basis for the seven decades that followed, marked by such amazing exploits for Hoyte as leading an elephant across the Alps to follow in Hannibal’s path and perfecting an invention that launched a 50-year career in Silicon Valley.
From the foreword
John’s book, like his life, is an inspiration, full of fun, warm friendships, unexpected happenings, and serious achievement. A well-lived life, still on the move. I am sure Jumbo would agree.
—Sir Richard Jolly,
Lewes, Sussex, England
March 2018
—Sir Richard Jolly,
Lewes, Sussex, England
March 2018