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

The owner of a large circus in America, North travels to Germany and buys most of the circus owned by Herr Gobel. North has no use for the people that have worked at the circus for years and plans on leaving them all behind. Bram stows away on the ship that carries the circus animals to America. When the ship sinks, he manages to survive with Modoc in India. News of their survival and Modoc's heroics reach North, who makes it his mission to retrieve his 'stolen' elephant from Bram.