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Zoo in My Luggage
Gerald Durrell
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Description for Zoo in My Luggage
Paperback. Journeying to Cameroon, the author and his wife collected numerous mammals, birds and reptiles, including Cholmondely the chimpanzee and Bug-eye the bush-baby. This title offers an account of his attempt to set up his own zoo, after years spent gathering animals for other zoos. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
'For many years I had wanted to start a zoo . . . any reasonable person smitten with an ambition of this sort would have secured the zoo first and obtained the animals afterwards. but throughout my life I have rarely if ever achieved what I wanted by tackling it in a logical fashion.'
A Zoo in My Luggage is Gerald Durrell's account of his attempt to set up his own zoo, after years spent gathering animals for other zoos. Journeying to Cameroon, he and his wife collected numerous mammals, birds and reptiles, including Cholmondely the chimpanzee and Bug-eye ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241955826
SKU
V9780241955826
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Gerald Durrell
Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. He returned to England in 1928 before settling on the island of Corfu with his family. In 1945 he joined the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper, and in 1947 he led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. He later undertook numerous further expeditions, visiting Paraguay, Argentina, Sierra ... Read more
Reviews for Zoo in My Luggage
A renegade who was right . . . He was truly a man before his time
Sir David Attenborough Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities
Sunday Telegraph
Sir David Attenborough Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities
Sunday Telegraph