"Ilia Tolstoy Explored the World: Marineland's First Manager an Adventurer"

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Title

"Ilia Tolstoy Explored the World: Marineland's First Manager an Adventurer"

Subject

Tolstoy, Founders

Description

Newspaper article detailing the adventures Ilia Tolstoy undertook before helping to open Marine Studio. It goes into detail of his Tibetan expedition, as well as his life in Russian before leaving for the U.S. The photograph shows Johnny Weissmuller (the star of Tarzan) feeding a dolphin in one of Marineland's enclosures. Tolstoy stands behind the fence, smiling. The article was published around the time of the release of Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac's Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia in 2006.

Publisher

by Jim Hang, Staff Writer, The Daytona Beach News Journal

Date

c. 2006

Contributor

Kelly Enright

Rights

Marineland, Florida

Identifier

2022.01.4038a, b

Original Format

newspaper