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The authorised biography of the great naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died aged 70 in January 1995 in Jersey, where he founded the zoo he’d dreamed of as a small boy and pioneered the captive breeding of animals for conservation.
Gerald Durrell was a world-famous naturalist and popular author who wrote, in all, some 37 immensely readable yarns, including the bestselling My Family and Other Animals. His other books include Birds, Beasts and Relatives, The Bafut Beagles and A Zoo in My Luggage.
Above all, he paved the way in print for the popular presentation of the natural world on television and presented 12 series himself – the early ones, of his own expeditions. Sir David Attenborough has said: ‘He was responsible for changing people’s attitudes to zoology and changing their agenda. He showed them small animals could be as interesting as apes and elephants… He was a pioneer with a marvellous sense of humour.’
His brother was the famous writer Lawrence Durrell.
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Gerald Durrell was a world-famous naturalist and popular author who wrote, in all, some 37 books including the bestselling 'My Family and Other Animals'. His other books include 'Birds, Beasts and Relatives', 'The Bafut Beagles' and 'A Zoo in My Luggage'.
Above all, he paved the way in print for the popular presentation of the natural world on television and presented 12 series himself – the early ones, of his own expeditions. Sir David Attenborough has said: ‘He was responsible for changing peoples attitudes to zoology and changing their agenda. He showed them small animals could be as interesting as apes and elephants… He was a pioneer with a marvellous sense of humour.’
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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Illus Ilustrador. The authorised biography of the great naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died aged 70 in January 1995 in Jersey, where he founded the zoo hed dreamed of as a small boy and pioneered the captive breeding of animals for conservation. Gerald Durrell was a world-famous naturalist and popular author who wrote, in all, some 37 immensely readable yarns, including the bestselling My Family and Other Animals. His other books include Birds, Beasts and Relatives, The Bafut Beagles and A Zoo in My Luggage. Above all, he paved the way in print for the popular presentation of the natural world on television and presented 12 series himself the early ones, of his own expeditions. Sir David Attenborough has said: He was responsible for changing peoples attitudes to zoology and changing their agenda. He showed them small animals could be as interesting as apes and elephants He was a pioneer with a marvellous sense of humour. His brother was the famous writer Lawrence Durrell. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Nº de ref. del artículo: GOR001724008
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Illus Ilustrador. 1st UK Edition. Unblemished by formal education, undaunted by profound alcoholism, Durrell wrote 37 books, among them ''My Family and Other Animals,'' the classic memoir of his childhood years on Corfu. He reached millions of television viewers with his unlikely blend of wicked humor and passionate belief in conservation. He founded a zoo on Jersey in the Channel Islands, now widely regarded as one of the world's best. He championed the captive breeding of endangered species, when most zoos regarded the idea as anathema. And he saved whole species from extinction. Durrell did all this, moreover, with panache and self-deprecation. Awarded the Order of the British Empire, he modestly averred that the O.B.E. stood for ''Other Buggers' Efforts.'' And on the brink of death, at the age of 70, he summed up his own contribution this way: ''Life is like a superlative meal and the world is the maitre d'hotel. What I'm doing is the equivalent of leaving a reasonable tip.'' 644p. illus bibliography. Large heavy volume. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 31092
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