| The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story Contributor(s): Ackerman, Diane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393061728 ISBN-13: 9780393061727 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: A true storyas powerful as "Schindlers List"in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Eastern Europe - General - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| LCCN: 2007012635 |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 5.99" W x 8.65" (1.20 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Topical - Holocaust - Cultural Region - Polish - Chronological Period - 1930's |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 159168 Reading Level: 9.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 16.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): 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. |