''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

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. Carol Hopcraft, a

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, provided photographs for the book, while her son provided illustrations. It was published in 1997 by

Margaret K. McElderry Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publ ...

, a division of

Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest pub ...

. (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 Environment of Kenya American non-fiction books Books about cats Margaret K. McElderry books {{Child-book-stub