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1 online resource (245 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
The follow-up to My Family and Other Animals and the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu : A naturalist's memoir of his family's time on a Greek island. In the years before World War II, Gerald Durrell's family left the gloomy shores of England for the sun-drenched island of Corfu. Against this picturesque backdrop, Durrell fondly recalls his family's disorderly household and outrageous antics, including their interactions with locals of both human and animal varieties. After a boyhood spent studying zoology and acquiring the island's exotic insects, reptiles, birds, mammals, and sea creatures as pets, Durrell's budding naturalism would later bloom into a passion for conservation that would last a lifetime. Filled with clever observations, amusing anecdotes, and childlike wonder, Birds, Beasts and Relatives is half nature guide, half coming-of-age tale, and all charmingly funny memoir. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author's estate. |
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Print version record. |
| Subject |
Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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Zoologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Natural history -- Greece -- Corfu Island.
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Corfu Island (Greece) -- Description and travel.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Print version: Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995. Birds, beasts, and relatives. New York : Penguin Books, 2004. 0142004405 (pbk.) (DLC)2004275138 |
| ISBN |
9781504041669 (e-pub) |
| Standard No. |
9781504041669 |
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