West with giraffes: a novel
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2021
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"'Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes...' Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It's 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California's first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Inspired by true events, the tale weaves real-life figures with fictional ones, including the world's first female zoo director, a crusty old man with a past, a young female photographer with a secret, and assorted reprobates as spotty as the giraffes. Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it's too late"--Publisher.
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Subjects
Animal rescue
Animal rescue -- Fiction
Giraffe
Giraffe -- Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Human-animal relationships
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction
Interpersonal relations
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
San Diego Zoo -- Fiction
United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction
Zoo keepers
Zoo keepers -- Fiction
Animal rescue -- Fiction
Giraffe
Giraffe -- Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Human-animal relationships
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction
Interpersonal relations
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
San Diego Zoo -- Fiction
United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction
Zoo keepers
Zoo keepers -- Fiction
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9781542023344
9781542021746
9781713551126
9781542021746
9781713551126
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Grouping Title | west with giraffes |
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Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2023-02-06 14:01:39PM |
Last Indexed | 2023-02-06 14:04:03PM |
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"'Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes...' Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It's 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California's first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Inspired by true events, the tale weaves real-life figures with fictional ones, including the world's first female zoo director, a crusty old man with a past, a young female photographer with a secret, and assorted reprobates as spotty as the giraffes. Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it's too late"--Publisher.
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Animal rescue -- Fiction
Giraffe -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
San Diego Zoo -- Fiction
United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction
Zoo keepers -- Fiction
Giraffe -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
San Diego Zoo -- Fiction
United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction
Zoo keepers -- Fiction
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West with giraffes : a novel
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West with giraffes / Lynda Rutledge
West with giraffes : a novel / Lynda Rutledge
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West with giraffes
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a novel
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Animal rescue
Giraffe
History
Human-animal relationships
Interpersonal relations
Zoo keepers
Giraffe
History
Human-animal relationships
Interpersonal relations
Zoo keepers
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