num_pages: 64
description: Twelve-year-old Xan Hopcraft grew up with a pet cheetah at his home in Nairobi, Kenya. When the magnificent animal died, Xan wrote a story about what it was like to own a cheetah and how he died. With both photographs and Xan's own drawings, here is a real story of life in Africa.
language: English
title: How it Was with Dooms: A True Story from Africa
titlecomplete: How it Was with Dooms: A True Story from Africa (Aladdin Picture Books)
genres: Childrens, Animals, Picture Books, Africa, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 64
places: East Africa
publisher: Aladdin