| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Circus -- Fiction.
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Circus. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Subject |
Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction.
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Depressions. |
| Chronological Term |
1929 |
| Subject |
Circus performers -- Fiction.
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Circus performers. |
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Parents -- Death -- Fiction.
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Parents -- Death. |
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Elephants -- Fiction.
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Elephants. |
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Circus animals -- Fiction.
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Circus animals. |
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) |
| Genre/Form |
Romance fiction.
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Romance fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| Subject |
Love triangles. |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Gruen, Sara. Water for elephants. 1st ed. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books, c2006 (OCoLC)607500393 |
| ISBN |
9781565125605 paperback |
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1565125606 paperback |
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1565124995 hardcover |
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9781565124998 hardcover |
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1442066075 Paw Prints |
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9781442066076 Paw Prints |
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