I'll Trade You an Elk

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Synopsis
“I’ll trade you an elk,’ you say?” “I’ll trade anything to build up the zoo.” “Well... let me look and see what we can come up with. How about a nice zebra?” “That’s promising. But... how about something more angry or show-stopping? A lion maybe?... So went the adventures of Bernie Good- rum, his staff, embarrassed wife and reluctant son as they built up the municipal zoo. The time was 1936; the setting was Wichita, Kansas; the characters: Father, a former school teacher turned recreational director for the town; Mother, “a monument of patience,” and Chuck, the teen-age son. They all became involved in one of Father’s pet projects—the rebuilding of the zoo. It all started with a pelican. Father received a phone call from a farmer on the edge of town asking that someone come and retrieve a bird “with a five-foot wingspread” which was angrily parading on his property. The resulting publicity of a land-locked pelican in Wichita in August set Father’s project in perpetual motion. Townsfolk and neighbors donated animals and birds, pets and wildlife, many of them delivered to Mother’s front door rather than to the official zoo! But Father, with his audible philosophy expressed in a few words: “Today is as bad as it’s going to get!” brought his family, his staff, the town, the various and sundry inhabitants of the zoo—and even his reluctant, stubborn boss, the Scotsman MacDonald into his line, following their leader. This true story of a family and a town is gay and entertaining, “depicting family solidarity, town spirit and the bright side of an era too often considered a period of gloom!” It is a book for young and old.
Copyright:
1967

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
220 Pages
Publisher:
Funk & Wagnalls Company
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Charles A. Goodrum
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Animals, Biographies and Memoirs
Submitted By:
Larry Lumpkin
Proofread By:
Elizabeth Hobbs
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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