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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story - Hardcover

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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Diane AckermanPublish date:2007-09-17Pages:368
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393061727ISBN-10:393061728UPC:9780393061727Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Modern, Eastern Europe, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:20th Century, World War IIAward:2008 ALA Notable Books Winner - Nonfiction AwardSize:8.65 x 5.99 x 1.17 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCMT0DEJ6A
When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts. Jan, active in the Polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and stashed explosives in the animal hospital. Meanwhile, Antonina kept her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and its animal inhabitants--otters, a badger, hyena pups, lynxes.With her exuberant prose and exquisite sensitivity to the natural world, Diane Ackerman engages us viscerally in the lives of the zoo animals, their keepers, and their hidden visitors. She shows us how Antonina refused to give in to the penetrating fear of discovery, keeping alive an atmosphere of play and innocence even as Europe crumbled around her.
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393061727ISBN-10:393061728UPC:9780393061727Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Modern, Eastern Europe, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:20th Century, World War IIAward:2008 ALA Notable Books Winner - Nonfiction AwardSize:8.65 x 5.99 x 1.17 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCMT0DEJ6A
Ackerman, Diane: - Diane Ackerman has been the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the best-selling The Zookeeper's Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives in Ithaca, New York.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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🏆 2008 ALA Notable Books Winner - Nonfiction Award

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Diane Ackerman

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