Menagerie Manor (eBook)

From the bestselling author of My Family and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4059-7889-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A classic Gerald Durrell title reissued by Penguin to celebrate the centenary of his birth'Gerald Durrell was magic' SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGHMenagerie Manor chronicles the early, sunlit days of Gerald Durrell s dream to create a sanctuary for animals, realized Les Augr s Manor in Trinity, Jersey. Here we encounter Leo the lion, who enjoys roaring solidly through the night; N Pongo the gorilla who thinks nothing of boarding a small plane to be part of a BBC documentary; and Claudius the South American tapir, an escape art of Houdini-like cunning.Republished to celebrate the centenary of Durrell s birth, this book is a testament to the enduring importance of conservation in a changing world, and the profound connection between the human and animal kingdoms.'This book is a certain joy' NEW STATESMAN'Animals come close to being Durrell's best friends. . . . He writes about them with style, verve, and humour' TIME

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.7.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4059-7889-9 / 1405978899
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4059-7889-7 / 9781405978897