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Zarafa : a giraffe's true story, from deep in Africa to the heart of Paris

Title

Zarafa : a giraffe's true story, from deep in Africa to the heart of Paris / Michael Allin.

Author

Allin, Michael, 1944-

Publication

New York : Walker and Company, [1998]
©1998

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Description

215 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 22 cm

Summary

The biography of "the first giraffe ever seen in France ... A royal offering from Muhammad Ali, Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, to King Charles X ... she became an instant celebrity in Paris and over the next eighteen years she fascinated all of Europe"--Publisher's description, on book jacket.

Subject

Genre/Form

Biography.
History.

Note

Includes index.

Contents

Two Africas -- A fascinating nightmare -- The renaissance barbarian -- Stealing Egypt -- A royal gift -- The sea of milk -- Farewells -- Camelopard -- Across sleeping Marseille -- Soirées à la Girafe -- Happier every day -- Misdemeanors of curiosity -- A beautiful stranger -- True to his word -- The degree of happiness.

Call Number

JFD 98-10232

ISBN

0802713394
9780802713391

LCCN

98023091

OCLC

39147846

Author

Allin, Michael, 1944- author.

Title

Zarafa : a giraffe's true story, from deep in Africa to the heart of Paris / Michael Allin.

Publisher

New York : Walker and Company, [1998]

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Type of Medium

unmediated

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Chronological Term

1800 - 1899

Research Call Number

JFD 98-10232

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