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Barcode30293101931892
LocationClark County
Call NoF Rutl
TitleWest with giraffes : a novel / Lynda Rutledge.
AuthorRutledge, Lynda, 1950- author.
CollectionF
Total Circ11
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293101931892F Rutl10/18/2021 AvailableClark County

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781542021746 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 154202174X (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 9781542023344 (paperback)
International Standard Book Number 1542023343 (paperback)
Personal Name Rutledge, Lynda, 1950- author.
Title Statement West with giraffes : a novel / Lynda Rutledge.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, 2021.
Physical Description 356 pages ; 22 cm.
Summary, Etc. "'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.
Subject-Corporate Name San Diego Zoo Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Human-animal relationships Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Interpersonal relations Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Giraffe Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Animal rescue Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Zoo keepers Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term United States History 1933-1945 Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction.

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