Lightman, Sidney

I grabbed this book off on a fleamarket, since I knew Grzimek to be a good and catching writer. His opinions and experiences with animals might be thought old now and some are obviously already disproved by modern science, but his books are still worth a reading.
Grzimek is able to bring his stories to life in a way that catches you to read on. He talks about his animals (or the ones from the zoos) like old friends, retelling their stories and what he experienced with them.

If you get the chance to read this book, go for it. It not only shows you how people thought about animals and how they behaved towards them, it also gives you brief glances into a different era, the problems and the good things people had at that time. And it is a nice read in between, cause it consists of short stories, some giving you a laugh, some more teary. ( )