The zookeeper's wife / Diane Ackerman.

London : Old Street, 2008.

368 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Originally published: New York: W.W. Norton, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-349) and index.

When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw and the city's zoo along with it. This text recreates the life of the 'zookeeper's wife', describing how she kept her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and its animal inhabitants.

9781905847464 (hbk)

940.531835

English

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