Who is Hands from Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived and what is their importance? Modoc_(novel) English & Literature Hands | Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived

Hands is the large man that catches Bram aboard the Ghanjee, Hands becomes his friend and almost gives his life trying to save Modoc and Bram after the ship sinks. Bram believes Hands to be dead until many years in the future when they are reunited.