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The Whispering Land

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Description for The Whispering Land Paperback. The author and his wife are the proud owners of a small zoo on the island of Jersey. But there's one thing that's better than a small zoo - a bigger one. So the author heads off to South America to collect more animals. This title offers an account of his journey into the South American wilds. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.

'When you have a large collection of animals to transport from one end of the world to the other you cannot, as a lot of people seem to think, just hoist them aboard the nearest ship and set off with a gay wave of your hand.'

Gerald Durrell and his wife are the proud owners of a small zoo on the island of Jersey. But there's one thing that's better than a small zoo - a bigger one! So Durrell heads off to South America to collect more animals.

Along windswept Patagonian shores and in Argentine tropical forests, ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241955840
SKU
V9780241955840
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

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 The Whispering Land
Animals come close to being Durrell's best friends. He writes about them with style, verve and humour
Time
An amusing writer who transforms this Argentine backcountry into a particularly inviting place
San Francisco Chronicle
A splendid success
New Yorker
A delight, with never a dull moment from Buenos Aires to Patagonia, thanks to Durrell's ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Whispering Land


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