Book Review: West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

West With Giraffes
by Lynda Rutledge (Rutledge)

Based on a true story of the first two giraffes in America, the novel describes the Dust Bowl, the Great Hurricane of 1938, and Belle Benchley (known as “Zoo Lady”) who was the Director of the San Diego Zoo 1927-1953. The friendship between two kind people and the giraffes is poignant, as they travel from the East Coast to the West Coast on the Lee Highway.

 

(If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah, The Worst Hard Times by Timothy Egan or Water for Elephants by sara Gruen.)

 

( official West With Giraffes page on the official Lynda Rutledge web site )

 

Recommended by Jodi R.
Anderson and Bethany Branch Libraries

 

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