 First edition | |
| Author | Diane Ackerman |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | History Biography Non-fiction |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Publication date | September 4, 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 0-393-06172-8 |
| OCLC | 227016807 |
| 940.53/18350943841 22 | |
| LC Class | D804.66.Z33 A25 2007 |
The Zookeeper's Wife is a non-fiction book written by the poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman. Drawing on the diary of Antonina Żabińska, unpublished in English (though published in Polish in 1968[1]), it recounts the true story of how Antonina and her husband, Jan Żabiński, director of the Warsaw Zoo, saved the lives of 300 Jews who had been imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto following the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939.[2][3] The book was first published in 2007 by W. W. Norton.
- ^ Żabińska, Antonina, Wydawnictwo Literackie (2017). Ludzie i zwierzęta (in Polish). Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie. ISBN 978-83-08-06322-4. OCLC 982629503.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Seaman, Donna (September 2, 2007). "Strange Sanctuary". The Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Foran, Charles (December 15, 2007). "Antonina's Ark". The Globe and Mail. Toronto.