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03336aam a22006495i 4500 001 7EA9E2A07E0411EE85718D4F22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231108010026 008 230711s2023 meu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2023942214 020 $a 1638089299 020 $a 9781638089292 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 100 1 $a Rutledge, Lynda, $d 1950- $e author. 245 10 $a West with giraffes / $c Lynda Rutledge. 263 $a 2312 264 1 $a Thorndike : $b Center Point Large Print, $c 2023. 300 $a 487 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm 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 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 $a San Diego Zoo $x Fiction. 650 $a Giraffe $x Fiction. 650 $a Animal rescue $x Fiction. 650 $a Human-animal relationships $x Fiction. 650 $a Animal behavior $x Fiction. 650 $a Zoo keepers $x Fiction. 650 $a Interpersonal relations $x Fiction. 650 $a Large type books. 650 $a United States $x Fiction. $x 1933-1945 $x Fiction. 650 $a Girafes $x Romans, nouvelles, etc. 650 $a Animaux $x Romans, nouvelles, etc. $x Romans, nouvelles, etc. 650 $a Relations homme-animal $x Romans, nouvelles, etc. 650 $a Gardiens de jardin zoologique $x Romans, nouvelles, etc. 650 $a Livres en gros caractères. 650 $a large print books. 650 $a Historical fiction. 650 $a Road fiction. 650 $a Bildungsromans. 650 $a Large print books. 650 $a Romans de la route. 941 $a 15 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430021356.0 952 $l SQPC104 $d 20240416011832.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409045111.0 952 $l NEPC953 $d 20240322144419.0 952 $l EXPC755 $d 20240224010249.0 952 $l FJPC224 $d 20240222010253.0 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20240215020112.0 952 $l W7PA017 $d 20240213010654.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20240106011110.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240106010117.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20231202011822.0 952 $l SHPC094 $d 20231118010421.0 952 $l ZVPB675 $d 20231115172131.0 952 $l JBPC145 $d 20231114164357.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20231108010047.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7EA9E2A07E0411EE85718D4F22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search