Jacob Shell is an American geographer and author of Giants of the Monsoon Forest, which explores the centuries-old relationship between humans and Asian elephants used as working animals in the forests of South and Southeast Asia. Shell's audiobooks and books combine environmental history, cultural geography, and vivid fieldwork to tell a story about labour, ecology, and the bonds between species.
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