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008 980429s1998 nyua 001 0 eng
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020 $a0802713394 (hardcover)
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050 00 $aQL737.U56$bA53 1998
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100 1 $aAllin, Michael,$d1944-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98043492
245 10 $aZarafa :$ba giraffe's true story, from deep in Africa to the heart of Paris /$cMichael Allin.
260 $aNew York :$bWalker,$c1998.
263 $a9808
300 $a215 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aIn October 1826 a ship arrived at Marseille carrying the first giraffe ever seen in France. A royal offering from Muhammad Ali, Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, to King Charles X, she had already traveled 2,000 miles down the Nile to Alexandria, from where she had sailed across the Mediterranean standing in the hold, her long neck and head protruding through a hole cut in the deck.
520 8 $aIn the spring of 1827, after wintering in Marseille, she was carefully walked 550 miles to Paris, to the delight of thousands of onlookers. Zarafa chronicles the full story of this remarkable animal, revealing a kaleidoscope of history, science, and culture that opens an exotic window on the early nineteenth century.
650 0 $aGiraffe$zFrance$vBiography.
650 0 $aZoo animals$zFrance$xHistory$y19th century.
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