The zookeeper's wife
Ackerman, Diane, 1948-2008
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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.
Main title:
The zookeeper's wife / Diane Ackerman.
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Imprint:
London : Old Street, 2008.
Collation:
368 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: W.W. Norton, 2007.Includes index.Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-349) and index.
ISBN:
9781905847464 (hbk)1905847467 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5'31835'0943841940.531940.5318
Local class:
940.531
Language:
English
Subject:
Żabińska, AntoninaŻabiński, Jan, 1897-1974Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Warsaw -- BiographyZoo keepers -- Poland -- Warsaw -- BiographyWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- WarsawWorld War II (1939-1945) -- Poland -- WarsawŻabińska, Antonina -- BiographyŻabiński, Jan, -- BiographyPoland -- HistoryWorld War II -- Holocaust
BRN:
199170
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