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005			20231110144316.0
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008			230924t20232021meu ed 000 f eng d
010			_a 2023942214
020			_a9781638089292 _q(hardback : _qalk. paper)
020			_a1638089299 _q(hardback : _qalk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)on1399454504
040			_aCPLPT _beng _erda _cCPLPT _dOCLCO _dHBP _dOQX _dHSA
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050		4	_aPS3618.U476726 _bW47 2023d
082	0	4	_a813.6 _223/eng/2019
100	1		_aRutledge, Lynda, _d1950- _eauthor. _9139056
245	1	0	_aWest with giraffes : _ba novel /
250			_aCenter Point Large Print edition.
264		1	_aThorndike, Maine : _bCenter Point Large Print, _c2023.
264		4	_c�2021
300			_a487 pages (large print) ; _c23 cm
500			_aRegular print version previously published by Amazon Publishing.
500			_aIncludes author's note and historical notes with background information (pages 475-484).
520			_a"'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 an 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. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow. 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."--
610	2	0	_aSan Diego Zoo _vFiction. _9139057
650		0	_aGiraffe _vFiction.
650		0	_aAnimal rescue _vFiction.
650		0	_aHuman-animal relationships _vFiction.
650		0	_aAnimal behavior _vFiction. _9139058
650		0	_aZoo keepers _vFiction.
650		0	_aInterpersonal relations _vFiction.
650		0	_aLarge type books.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _y1933-1945 _vFiction.
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