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Author:
Gruen, Sara.
Title:
Water for elephants : a novel / Sara Gruen.
Edition:
Mass market ed.
Publisher:
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
Copyright Date:
2011, c2006
Description:
445 p. ; 18 cm.
Subject:
Circus--Fiction.
Depressions--Fiction.
Circus performers--Fiction.
Circus--Fiction.
Great Depression, 1929-1939--Fiction.
Circus performers--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Love stories.
Historical fiction.
Love stories.
Summary:
Ninety-year-old Jacob Jankowski is haunted by memories of his life as a young veterinarian for a circus during the Great Depression, recalling the bond he developed with Rosie, the show's troubled elephant, and Marlena, the star of the equestrian act who was married to August, who the head animal trainer.
ISBN:
1616200715
9781616200718 (pbk.)
Locations:
RCPA397 -- Casey Public Library (Casey)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
OJPC027 -- Corning Public Library (Corning)
IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

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