Beasts in My Belfry - Couverture rigide

Durrell, Gerald

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0002111780 ISBN 13 : 9780002111782

Editeur : HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1973

Synopsis

191p cloth with pictorial white laminated jacket, jacket price clipped, first edition, pages clean with illustrations throughout, very good

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

There were, unfortunately, no schools for incipient animal collectors and none of the professional collectors then operating would take on anybody who had only unbounded enthusiasm and very little practical experience to offer. Gerald Durrell, who would one day become a much-loved conservationist and author, dreamt of running his own zoo. In "Beasts in my Belfry", he takes his first step towards fulfilling his ambition in this charming account of his job as a student keeper in Whipsnade Park in 1945. With notebook and pen in hand, the eager young Durrell observes his co-workers and animal charges alike, including Albert, the ventriloquist lion, who amuses himself by jumping out at people. Whether getting dirty mucking out the buffalo enclosure or attempting to cajole a skittish gnu into a transportation crate, life in the zoo is certainly never boring.

Biographie de l'auteur

Gerald Durrell lived in Corfu with his family as a boy and immediately became fascinated by the island's natural history; these years are famously documented in My Family and Other Animals. His lifetime's work began with expeditions to collect endangered animals from all over the world and bring them to his breeding sanctuary. This evolved into the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, which operates conservation programmes worldwide, carrying on Gerald Durrell's mission to save species from extinction.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Distribution Services
• Date d'édition: 1973
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0002111780
• ISBN 13: 9780002111782
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simone Casetta; casetta@mondadori.it; ; Via Mondadori 1,; Segrate Milano; 20090; Italie