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Penguin (1970), Paperback
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Menagerie Manor is Gerald Durrell's account of how he set up his zoo in Jersey. Surrounded by a team of devoted helpers, this is a tale of teamwork and devotion to the cause. Besides the human dramas, Durrell reveals a host of fascinating practical details about animal health and behaviour, as well as stories of the individual animals themselves. This is an extremely entertaining and informative book chronicling the fulfilment of Gerald Durrell's lifelong ambition. Book jacket.
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LibraryThing member reading_fox
One of his best.
The animals are the star of the show. Written 5 years after the initial founding of the Durrell Preservation Trust, this covers the initial set-up and a highlights a few of the key animal personalities that make living in a zoo such a fascinating experience.
From settling in a newly
There is mention of Gerald's first wife Jaquie - which surprised me because she doens't feature much in the earlier books, and I wasn't aware he had been previously married before he met Lee as recounted in some later works. I don't think he allowed any personnal disagreements space in his writings.
Short but immensly enjoyable, full of Gerald's devotion to the forna around him and the imperitive requirement of preserving it for the future.
The animals are the star of the show. Written 5 years after the initial founding of the Durrell Preservation Trust, this covers the initial set-up and a highlights a few of the key animal personalities that make living in a zoo such a fascinating experience.
From settling in a newly
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aquired creature, dealing with it's various illnesses and temprements to finding a mate and raising the young, all the problems joys and incidents are crafted with Gerald's light touch and irrepresible humour. The illustrations of the various animals are also delightful. Each chapter is headed by an exert from a the bagfulls of post the Trust recieves, often unintensionally hillarious.There is mention of Gerald's first wife Jaquie - which surprised me because she doens't feature much in the earlier books, and I wasn't aware he had been previously married before he met Lee as recounted in some later works. I don't think he allowed any personnal disagreements space in his writings.
Short but immensly enjoyable, full of Gerald's devotion to the forna around him and the imperitive requirement of preserving it for the future.
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LibraryThing member ritaer
Funny and at times sad tales of animals in the zoo that became the New Jersey Wildlife Trust.
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1964
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