The giraffe that walked to Paris
By: by Nancy Milton ; illustrated by Roger Roth.
Contributors: Roth, Roger, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Giraffe -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature; Animal introduction -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature; Giraffe; France -- History -- 19th century
Description: Retells the true story of how the first giraffe ever to come to Europe was sent by the Pasha of Egypt to the King of France in 1826, and the giraffe walked from the disembarkation point of Marseilles to Paris to see the King.