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Buddy
Buddy
Author: William Joyce
‘If you happened to be walking down the street in New York City in the 1930s you might have seen a most amazing sight; a beautiful woman with a very well-dressed, four-hundred-pound gorilla sporting a red carnation in the lapel of his jacket. The lady’s name? Gertie Lintz. And the gorilla’s name was Buddy. — But how does a gorilla ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780064407106
ISBN-10: 0064407101
Publication Date: 2/1999
Pages: 47
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: HarperTrophy
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Alison avatar reviewed Buddy on + 551 more book reviews
A longer-than-usual Joyce, based on the true story of a woman who raised a gorilla from infancy.
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Based on a true story. Eccentric, rich Gertrude Lintz, married to a man who loved and pandered to her adopted all sorts of animals. Lintz was actually the first person to raise a gorilla orphan. Buddy, the urbane almost human ape, was that gorilla. A wonderful story for all ages.


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