Three Singles to Adventure: An Expedition to Guyana - Couverture souple

Durrell, Gerald

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1840247185 ISBN 13 : 9781840247183

Editeur : Summersdale Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

‘Three singles to Adventure, please,’ I said, trying to look as nonchalant as possible. ‘Yes, sir,’ said the clerk. ‘First or second class?’

In 1950, Gerald Durrell travelled to British Guiana (now called Guyana) to bring back fauna native to that corner of South America.

He takes a riverboat up the Essequibo through lush tropical forests and treks across a landscape teeming with life and a riot of colours: from the crimson-breasted military starlings to the copper-toned howler monkeys. He gets into a sticky situation with an angry two-toed sloth and learns how (or how not) to lasso a galloping anteater. There is one thing to be said for collecting animals: it can never be described as dull.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Gerald Durrell lived in Corfu with his family as a boy and 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. The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust now operates conservation programmes worldwide, carrying on Durrell's mission to save species from extinction.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Summersdale Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1840247185
• ISBN 13: 9781840247183
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible