The Overloaded Ark - Brossura

Durrell, Gerald

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0571053718 ISBN 13: 9780571053711

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 1987

Riassunto

Relates the author's experiences and adventures during a 6-month expedition in West Africa to collect specimens for his zoo

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Descrizione del libro:

The Overloaded Ark is Gerald Durrell's hilarious and enthralling account of a trip to Cameroon to collect animals for Jersey Zoo.

L'autore:

Gerald Durrell was a world-famous naturalist, animal-collector and conservationist. Born in India in 1925, and having lived in Jamshedpur, Corfu and Crystal Palace, he eventually founded Jersey Zoo in 1959. He was a lifelong lover of animals, and after taking numerous trips to collect exotic wildlife for the zoo, he founded the Jersey Wildlife Conversation Trust in 1963. He also wrote numerous well-loved books about his glamorous and not-so glamorous experiences, his most famous works being My Family and other Animals and The Overloaded Ark.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0571053718
• ISBN 13: 9780571053711
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240