A zoo in my luggage / By Gerald Durrell with Illustrations by Ralph Tompson

By:

Durrell , Gerald

Contributor(s):

Tompson , Ralph [Illustrator ]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Zoo Memoirs ; 1Publication details: New York : Penguin Books , 1960 .Description: 190 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmSubject(s):

DDC classification:

591.96711

LOC classification:

QL62 .D87

Summary: 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).

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Books	Footprints International School Library Network Toul Tom Poung Campus TTP Secondary Non-Fiction Bookshelves	Non-Fiction	DUR 591.96711 QL62 .D87 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	FIS01083

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).

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