Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, this story 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.
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. By Lynda Rutledge An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era. West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge tells the great adventure story of 17-year-old Woodrow Wilson Nickel, who drives two giraffes cross-country in 1938 America, finding himself along the way through the joys and conflicts of the voyage. An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California's first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America. Author(s): Lynda Rutledge Fiction - General. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away.
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