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by: Xan Hopcraft
Amazon.com's Price: $9.99 Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 599.759
EAN: 9780689835391
ISBN: 0689835396
Label: Aladdin
Manufacturer: Aladdin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: August 01, 2000
Publisher: Aladdin
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Sales Rank: 427416
Studio: Aladdin
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Product 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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Wonderful book for cheetah lovers
Being fascinated by big cats and cheetahs in particular, I loved this book. Seeing pictures of Dooms so relaxed with Xan as a baby was so amazing. I thumb through the book every day. The photos are so moving to me. I would highly recommend this book to fans of the magnificent cheetah.
Rating: - Beautiful movie. Will buy the book
Having recently seen the movie Duma, I feel like I must buy this book. For all those considering purchasing it, please ignore the empiricist, who, in the first editorial review criticizes the boy, Xan, for ascribing "human emotions and attitudes to the big cat." This is scientistic nonsense. Ignore it.
Rating: - Wonderful True Story
How It Was With Dooms is the wonderful true story of one family's adventure raising an orphaned cheetah in Africa. The movie Duma was based on this story. The true story is not quite like the movie so it was a pleasant surprise to learn the truth about Dooms. The book has great photographs of the Hopcraft family with Dooms and is an amazing snapshot of life in Africa.
Rating: - Incredible story incredible pictures
My son wanted this book when he heard about it at a book fair at school. It is an incredible book. We love the way it is written from a little boys perspective (Xan was 10 when the book was written.) We recently had the opportunity to meet Carol Hopcraft and her husband when they came to our city. Dooms was not really a pet - he was free to go as he liked - but he did not ever leave them. He hunted - he was not feed like a pet once he reached maturity. Shallah, his successor, did the same. ... Read More
Rating: - Great book for Kids or Adults
Why is it that "kids" books are sometimes so much more interesting than Adult books? As if upon reaching adulthood we some how lose interest in animals. Well, perhaps I'm a kid at heart. I found this a great book. This is a very touching story about a family's relationship with an adopted Cheetah Cub. The story is simple yet full of truth and insight. For me, it highlights the need to see animals as dignified creatures in need of our compassion and protection. This is a book that will hopefully ... Read More
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