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Signed by editor diane ackerman in black ink on title page. Ackermans memoir on extended wings 1985 was adapted for the stage in 1987. The zookeepers wife, a little known true story of wwii, became a new york times bestseller, and received the orion book award, which honored it as, a groundbreaking work of. Diane ackerman born october 7, 1948 is an american poet, essayist, and naturalist known for her wideranging curiosity and poetic explorations of the natural world.
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