02763cam a2200517 i 4500 1165159385 TxAuBib 20240305120000.0 200529s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781542021746 hardcover 154202174X hardcover 9781542023344 paperback 1542023343 paperback (OCoLC)1155553805 TxAuBib rda Rutledge, Lynda, 1950- West with giraffes : a novel / Lynda Rutledge. First edition. Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, [2021] ©2021. 356 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "'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"--Publisher. 20240305. San Diego Zoo Fiction. San Diego Zoo. fast 1933-1945. fast Human-animal relationships Fiction. Animal rescue Fiction. Giraffe Fiction. Interpersonal relations Fiction. Zoo keepers Fiction. Animal rescue. fast Giraffe. fast Human-animal relationships. fast Interpersonal relations. fast Zoo keepers. fast United States History 1933-1945 Fiction. United States. fast Fiction. fast History. fast Historical fiction. fast