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100			_aDurrell , Gerald
245			_aA zoo in my luggage / _cBy Gerald Durrell with Illustrations by Ralph Tompson
260			_aNew York : _bPenguin Books , _c1960 .
300			_a190 pages : _billustrations ; _c18 cm .
490			_aZoo Memoirs _v1
520			_aA 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).
650			_aWildlife _vNon-fiction
650			_aTravel _vNon-fiction
700			_aTompson , Ralph _eIllustrator
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