@book{2020:lebleu:in_the_foo,
title = {In the Footsteps of Zarafa, First Giraffe in France},
year = {2020},
note = {This engaging account traces the remarkable history of France's first
giraffe, a diplomatic gift from Egyptian Pasha Muhammed-Ali to King
Charles X in 1826. “Zarafa,” taken by boat from Egypt to
Marseilles and walked all the way to Paris, was accompanied by her
Arab handlers and a famous French naturalist. She drew vast crowds
along her route, sparking a giraffomania that was widely documented in
art and literature. Her initial journey and then long and celebrated
residence in Paris encapsulates nineteenth-century French
socio-political history and highlights the emerging evolutionary
theories of the time. Over fifty illustrations from the period
illuminate this rare encounter with a unique animal that is now
endangered and deserving of our greater attention and understanding.},
edition = {1},
publisher = {Rowman & Littlefield},
address = {Lanham},
series = {},
volume = {},
author = {Lebleu, Olivier}
}