Father of Lions: How One Man Defied Isis and Saved Mosul Zoo by Louise Callaghan

Father of Lions: How One Man Defied Isis and Saved Mosul Zoo

Louise Callaghan

432 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
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Iraq, 2014: As ISIS laid terrible siege to Mosul, a zoo on the eastern edge of the Tigris was kept open against all odds. Under the stern hand of the zookeeper Abu Laith, whose name -- loosely translated -- means Father of Lions, its animals faced...

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