Elsa And Her Vulture: A Tale Of The Tyrolean Alps (1876) is a novel written by Wilhelmine Von Hillern. The story follows the life of a young girl named Elsa who lives in the Tyrolean Alps. Elsa is fascinated by the vultures that fly over her village and dreams of one day having a vulture of her own. One day, Elsa's father brings her a vulture egg and she raises the vulture, whom she names Beppo, as her own. Elsa and Beppo become inseparable companions,...