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Chronicles the Baghdad zoo's transformation from bombed-out rubble to peaceful park. This title recounts hair-raising efforts to save a pride of the dictator's lions, close a deplorable black-market zoo, and rescue Saddam's Arabian horses.

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"* "Terrific tale about how Iraqis, a South African conservationist and American soldiers saved the animals of the Baghdad Zoo... A wartime story with a joyful ending."... Kirkus Reviews"

Babylons Ark The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the

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    A Paperback / softback by Graham Spence, Lawrence Anthony

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      Publisher: Griffin Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/07/2008
      ISBN13: 9780312382155, 978-0312382155
      ISBN10: 0312382154
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Chronicles the Baghdad zoo's transformation from bombed-out rubble to peaceful park. This title recounts hair-raising efforts to save a pride of the dictator's lions, close a deplorable black-market zoo, and rescue Saddam's Arabian horses.

      Trade Review
      "* "Terrific tale about how Iraqis, a South African conservationist and American soldiers saved the animals of the Baghdad Zoo... A wartime story with a joyful ending."... Kirkus Reviews"

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