The zookeeper's wife : a war story

Ackerman, Diane 1948- (Author).

Summary: The true story of how the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. 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 Żabiński began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Żabińskis' 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--and keeping alive an atmosphere of play and innocence even as Europe crumbled around her.--From publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780393069358
ISBN: 0393069354
ISBN: 9780393333060
ISBN: 039333306X
ISBN: 9780393061727
ISBN: 9781439560013
ISBN: 1439560013
ISBN: 0393061728
ISBN: 9780393354263
ISBN: 0393354261
ISBN: 9781393333060
ISBN: 1393333060
ISBN: 9780393354256
ISBN: 0393354253
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Edition: First paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, [2008]
Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

General Note:	Book includes Reading Group guide [5 p.] following the text.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-349) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Author's note -- Zookeeper's wife -- Details -- Bibliography -- Index.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.