![]() ![]() ![]() In 1938, the Depression, Dust Bowl, and Hitler is foremost in many minds, a somber backdrop for this amusing journey. The practical details of caring and feeding for humans and animals, coupled with the journey across the nation devoid of fast food, hotels, and GPS makes for quite an adventure. Narrow mountain roads with switchbacks and no guardrails are made all the more hazardous by two tons of curious, shifting animal cargo. How do you import animals from Africa to a California zoo in 1938? Author Lynda Rutledge takes us west with the first giraffes, from hurricane-torn New York City, through “sun-down” towns, and across the Mississippi River. Review by Seana Zimmer, adult services library assistant at the Hillsborough branch ![]()
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