01578nam a22002537a 4500 9518 FISKH 20260116150903.0 260116b cb ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d FISKH eng FISKH FISKH QL62 .D87 591.96711 Durrell , Gerald A zoo in my luggage / By Gerald Durrell with Illustrations by Ralph Tompson New York : Penguin Books , 1960 . 190 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm . Zoo Memoirs 1 A Zoo in My Luggage is the colorful, first-hand account of Gerald Durrell's six-month animal-collecting trip in British Cameroon, and his attempts to create his own zoo. Motivated by a passion for wildlife, and a desire to save endangered species from extinction, Durrell assembles a glorious panoply of exotic animals - including a female baboon called Georgina, who later runs amok in a department store; a black-eared squirrel, who tries to bury nuts in his ear; and a gentlemanly chimpanzee named Chumly, who greets him with an outstretched hand. Aided by the Fon of Bafut, who houses the collection (and hosts many long and lively parties), Durrell amasses more than 250 animals. He struggles to find a home for the animals back in England, until a stroke of luck leads him to Jersey, and the eventual founding of Durrell Wildlife Park (now Jersey Zoo). Wildlife Non-fiction Travel Non-fiction Tompson , Ralph Illustrator ddc BK 0 9518 9518 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC 002 002 SNS 2026-01-16 0 DUR 591.96711 QL62 .D87 FIS01083 2026-01-16 15:08:00 2026-01-16 BK