The Whispering Land
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (758 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143037080 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Durrell in relating his own adventures or the antics of the claw and paw set." —The Christian Science Monitor. He writes about them with style, verve, and humor." —Time"No one can be funnier than Mr. "Animals come close to being Durrell's best friends
Amazon Customer said a great book by one of the best zoologist authors ever. A charming little book about an animal collecting trip in South America. Durrell paints both an enchanting picture both of the Argentine people and of the flora and fauna of the country. He encounters vampire bats, a puma, and many birds. He rescues an ocelot from a cruel local owner who is starving the cat and convinces a baby Geoffrey's cat to eat by pairing it with. Amazon Customer said Five Stars. Verly delightful.. Hunting for Wild Times (and Animals) in Argentina Gerald Durrell will make you roar with laughter even in a whispering land. The fact that this book is still in print after half a century gives you some idea that it is still quite readable: In fact, it reads as if it were written yesterday.I devoured this book as part of a reading program I planned for myself for a trip to Patagonia. The first half of the book is set
His other books include A Zoo in My Luggage and The Whispering Land (both available from Penguin). A student of zoology, he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust on the Channel Island of Jersey. Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925.
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.. Fans of Gerard Durrell's beloved classic My Family and Other Animals 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