A zoo in my luggage / Gerald Durrell ; with illustrations by Ralph Thompson.

By:

Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2005.Description: 198 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780143035244

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DDC classification:

591.96711 DUR 22

Summary: For animal lovers of all ages, the true story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife founded England's Jersey Zoo. The book begins with an account of Durrell's third trip to the British Cameroons in West Africa, during which he and his wife capture animals to start their own zoo. Returning to England with a few additions to their family, they have nowhere to put them as they haven't yet secured a place for their zoo. Durrell's account of how he manages his menagerie in all sorts of places throughout England while finding a permanent home for the animals provides as much adventure as capturing them--From publisher description.

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Item type	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	ATREE Library General Stacks	591.96711 DUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		4773

Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1960.

For animal lovers of all ages, the true story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife founded England's Jersey Zoo. The book begins with an account of Durrell's third trip to the British Cameroons in West Africa, during which he and his wife capture animals to start their own zoo. Returning to England with a few additions to their family, they have nowhere to put them as they haven't yet secured a place for their zoo. Durrell's account of how he manages his menagerie in all sorts of places throughout England while finding a permanent home for the animals provides as much adventure as capturing them--From publisher description.

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