To the West, with giraffes!

This incredible story happened in 1938. By a successful coincidence of the circumstances of the young Woody Nickel, a tramp and a small thief, they hired a van driver transporting two giraffes from New York to the California Zoo. But was the guy so lucky? Mountain passes, dangerous crossings, floods and rain and even armed bandits, ready to kidnap, and if necessary, shoot exotic Africans ... More than once Woody wanted to quit and run. But as soon as he looked into the defenseless brown eyes of spotted giants, he again got behind the wheel. And on the road, Woody met a mysterious red girl Augustus and fell in love for the first time in his life. That"s just his own terrible secret, which he is not able to open in the world, pursues him both day and night