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''How It Was with Dooms'' is a children's book dictated to Carol Cawthra Hopcraft by her young son Xan Hopcraft. It tells the true story of the young boy's friendship with an orphaned
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on the family's game ranch in
Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
. Carol Hopcraft, a wildlife photographer, provided photographs for the book, while her son provided illustrations. It was published in 1997 by Margaret K. McElderry, a division of
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. (64 pages, ) The book was loosely adapted into a film in 2005, under the title ''
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''.


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* 1997 children's books Children's non-fiction books American children's books American non-fiction books Children's books about cats Margaret K. McElderry books Children's books set in Kenya {{Child-book-stub