Part One: The making of an elephant wallah. The shoulders of a giant ; Into the jungle ; Meeting the boss

and the elephants ; Initiation rites ; How to read an elephant ; The fairest tusker of them all ; The burning boss ; Sex, cricket, and blue cheese ; School for men and elephants ; Drunk on testosterone ; Master class in trust and courage ; The jungle family has no wife ; "The murder of me" ; Bandoola : hero or rogue? ; A murder investigation ; Rebels and reunions

Part Two: Love and elephants. Tiger hour ; The cannibal islands ; Sunlight and shadow ; Into the cauldron

Part Three: War elephants. Fleeing Burma ; No. 1 war elephant ; The making of Elephant Bill ; Elephant Company hits its stride ; A crazy idea ; The elephant stairway.