![]() ![]() The giraffes are destined for the San Diego Zoo, a haven for them after being rescued from imminent danger in Africa. Jones can’t shift gears, so he recruits Woody to drive them all in an old truck equipped for the occasion. The man originally hired to drive the animals doesn’t work out. He calls a veterinarian who bandages and splints the female’s leg. An old man, Riley Jones, steps up to take charge of the strange cargo. ![]() ![]() They are alive, but the female has a broken leg. Two huge broken-up crates are lifted off containing amazing cargo: two Baringo giraffes. Woodrow Wilson Nickel, aka Woody Nickel, almost 18, happens to be on a New York dock in 1938 when the hurricane-battered SS Robin Goodfellow limps into the harbor. West with Giraffes, a novel by Lynda Rutledge, gripped my attention from beginning to end. ![]()
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