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02431aam a22004695a 4500 001 57614A2ED89F11EB81BA7E5E52ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210629010024 008 210402s2021 |||| ||| |||||||||||| 020 $a 1542023343 020 $a 9781542023344 040 $d SILO 082 00 $a 813.6 100 1 $a Rutledge, Lynda 245 10 $a West with Giraffes $c by Lynda Rutledge. 260 $a USA $b Lake Union Publishing $c 2021 300 $a 372 p. 520 $a An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America. 520 $a Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes 520 $a 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. 520 $a Its 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 Californias 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 worlds 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. 655 $a Coming of age fiction. 655 $a Historical fiction. 655 $a Literary fiction. 941 $a 16 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430021901.0 952 $l CXPC586 $d 20240423010311.0 952 $l BRPD251 $d 20240119015808.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207021855.0 952 $l BZPC851 $d 20230929165122.0 952 $l SVPC124 $d 20230927112555.0 952 $l CIPB482 $d 20230919011851.0 952 $l JEPA911 $d 20230726140623.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629015059.0 952 $l ZXPC675 $d 20230527011004.0 952 $l REPC017 $d 20230325010519.0 952 $l TZPC572 $d 20230316010948.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20220201014905.0 952 $l JKPC771 $d 20211102012226.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20211020011418.0 952 $l MUPB553 $d 20210728150341.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=57614A2ED89F11EB81BA7E5E52ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search