The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
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…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-06172-7
- EAN: 9780393061727
- Produktnummer: 19417067
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 368 S.
- Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.2 cm x D3.0 cm 544 g
- Gewicht: 544
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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.
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