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The Whispering Land
[Paperback - 2006]
gerald durrell
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Category: Nature
Sub-category: Nature
Additional Category: Biography & Autobiography - Others
Publisher: Penguin Books | ISBN: 9780143037088 | Pages: 240
Shipping Weight: .206 | Dimensions: 5.15 x .62 x 7.73 inches

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Fans of Gerard Durrell's beloved classic My Family and Other Animals, which was the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece PBS, and other accounts of his lifelong fascination with members of the animal kingdom will rejoice at The Whispering Land.

The sequel to A Zoo in My Luggage, this is the story of how Durrell and his wife's zoo-building efforts at England's Jersey Zoo led them and a team of helpers on an eight-month safari in Argentina to look for South American specimens. Through windswept Patagonian shores and tropical forests in Argentina, from ocelots to penguins, fur seals to parrots, Durrell captures the landscape and its inhabitants with his signature charm and humor.

About the Author

Gerald "Gerry" Malcolm Durrell was born in India in 1925. His elder siblings areLawrence Durrell, Leslie Durrell, andMargaret Durrell. His family settled on Corfu when Gerald was a boy and he spent his time studying its wildlife. He relates these experiences in the trilogy beginning withMy Family And Other Animals, and continuing withBirds, Beasts, And RelativesandThe Garden Of The Gods. In his books he writes with wry humour and great perception about both the humans and the animals he meets.On leaving Corfu he returned to England to work on the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper. His adventures there are told with characteristic energy inBeasts In My Belfry. A few years later, Gerald began organising his own animal-collecting expeditions. The first, to the Cameroons, was followed by expeditions to Paraguay, Argentina and Sierra Leone. He recounts these experiences in a number of books, includingThe Drunken Forest. Gerald also visited many countries while shooting various television series, includingAn Amateur Naturalist. In 1958 Gerald Durrell realised a lifelong dream when he set up the Jersey Zoological Park, followed a few years later by the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust.Gerald was married twice;Jacquie Durrell(1951-1979),Lee Durrell(1979-1995).Gerald Durrell's style is exuberant, passionate and acutely observed. He died in 1995.

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