Written by the president of the nation s number-one zoo, "Sailing with Noah" is an intensely personal, behind-the-scenes look at modern zoos. Jeffrey P. Bonner, who was trained as an anthropologist and came to the zoo world quite by accident, shares some of the most compelling stories ever told about contemporary zoos. The stories jump between zoos in different cities and between countries on different continents. Some are fun and funny. Others are sad, even tragic. "Pete Hoskins, the director of the Philadelphia Zoo, is in bed, sound asleep, when his phone rings. . . . There s been a fire in...
Written by the president of the nation s number-one zoo, "Sailing with Noah" is an intensely personal, behind-the-scenes look at modern zoos. Jeffrey ...