Book cover for “The One and Only Ivan,” by Katherine Applegate, who will talk and sign at the Tacoma Library Feb. 2 Tacoma Public Library Courtesy Ivan the gorilla passed away more than three years ...

So begins journey into the mind of the late celebrity gorilla, Ivan, who lived almost 28 years in solitary confinement in a cage in a circus-themed shopping mall near Tacoma, before being “retired” to ...

Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan was inspired by a real-life gorilla who lived in a mall in Tacoma, Wash. The author says humans have... Meet 'Ivan': The Gorilla Who Lived In A Shopping ...

Ivan, a silverback gorilla who lived for 27 years in a Tacoma, Wash., shopping mall, chews on his finger at the Atlanta Zoo in 1996. The story was the inspiration for Katherine Applegate's book The ...

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