The San Diego Zoo. The First Century. The founding Era 1916-1953. The Modern Era 1654-2016

by Lynda Rutledge Stephenson

[LIMITED EDITION -Faux Leather]The San Diego Zoo began with a roar. So the legend goes--in 1916, a local doctor named Harry Wegeforth heard a caged menagerie lion's melancholy roar and decided to found a proper zoo. And if there were ever a zoo that has continued roaring into the twenty-first century, it's the world-famous San Diego Zoo. Too big for one bound book, The San Diego Zoo--The First Century is told in two slipcased volumes: The Founding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692483136
• ISBN13: 9780692483138
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Zoological Society of San Diego
• Length: 399 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.