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| Hurricane survivors getting loaded onto crates in NYC. |
Dear Bookclub,
"Our" San Diego Zoo, being a minor character in Lynda Rutledge's "West With Giraffes", added an extra level of interest to our reading and discussion. Belle Benchley, the world's first female zoo director, welcomed Lofty and Patches to the San Diego Zoo in 1938. But that's another story. Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Nickel, oscillating back and forth between reminiscing centenarian in a nursing home and spirited seventeen-year-old driving the giraffes cross country with the old man, is the tale crafted by Rutledge that entertained me, both times I read the book. Our group's mention that this technique of yo-yoing can be tiresome, it is not without some grand planning by the author:
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| Lynda Rutledge's white board |
For a deeper appreciation of San Diego Zoo's adoption of Patches and Lofty, please enjoy the following:
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| Belle Benchley in her San Diego Zoo office. |
For more about Belle Benchley, please enjoy this piece from "Zoo Walks Through History":
https://zoohistories.com/2019/06/23/belle-benchley-worlds-first-female-zoo-director/:
Suggestions for an upcoming read:
"Blind Man's Bluff" Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew *chosen
"Brideshead Revisited" Evelyn Waugh
"Camera Girl" Carl Sferrazza Anthony
Up next:
Lazy reading,
LK
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