We bought a zoo /
A former British newspaper columnist describes how he uprooted his family to the English countryside and purchased a dilapidated zoo, home to more than two hundred exotic animals, which he planned to refurbish and reopen as a family business, a scheme complicated by a lack of money, skeptical staff,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Weinstein Books,
[2008]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | A former British newspaper columnist describes how he uprooted his family to the English countryside and purchased a dilapidated zoo, home to more than two hundred exotic animals, which he planned to refurbish and reopen as a family business, a scheme complicated by a lack of money, skeptical staff, family tension, and his wife's devastating illness. |
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| Item Description: | "A memoir"--Jacket. Subtitle on jacket: The amazing true story of a young family, a broken down zoo, and the 200 wild animals that changed their lives forever. |
| Physical Description: | 261 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781602860483 1602860483 |