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West with giraffes : a novel

Rutledge, Lynda 1950- (author.).

Summary: "'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"--

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  • ISBN: 9781542021746
  • ISBN: 154202174X
  • ISBN: 9781542023344
  • ISBN: 1542023343
  • Physical Description: print
    356 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, [2021]

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Subject:
San Diego Zoo Fiction
Human-animal relationships Fiction
Interpersonal relations Fiction
Animal behavior Fiction
Animal rescue Fiction
Zoo keepers Fiction
Giraffe Fiction
United States History 1933-1945 Fiction
Genre:
Historical fiction.

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  • 71 of 110 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 14 current holds with 110 total copies.
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Sneads Ferry Branch Library FIC RUTLEDGE (Text) 36015000737268 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/07/2026
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