The Whispering Land Paperback - 2006
by Gerald Durrell; Ralph Thompson (Illustrator)
Fans of Gerard Durrell's beloved classic My Family and Other Animals and other accounts of his lifelong fascination with members of the animal kingdom will rejoice at The Whispering Land. The sequel to A Zoo in My Luggage, this is the story of how Durrell and his wife's zoo-building efforts at England's Jersey Zoo led them and a team of helpers on an eight-month safari in Argentina to look for South American specimens. Through windswept Patagonian shores and tropical forests in Argentina, from ocelots to penguins, fur seals to parrots,Durrell captures the landscape and its inhabitants with his signature charm and humor.
Summary
Fans of Gerard Durrell's beloved classic My Family and Other Animals and other accounts of his lifelong fascination with members of the animal kingdom will rejoice at The Whispering Land. The sequel to A Zoo in My Luggage, this is the story of how Durrell and his wife's zoo-building efforts at England's Jersey Zoo led them and a team of helpers on an eight-month safari in Argentina to look for South American specimens. Through windswept Patagonian shores and tropical forests in Argentina, from ocelots to penguins, fur seals to parrots, Durrell captures the landscape and its inhabitants with his signature charm and humor.
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- Title The Whispering Land
- Author Gerald Durrell; Ralph Thompson (Illustrator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New
- Date May 30, 2006
- ISBN 9780143037088 / 0143037080
- Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 7.73 x 5.15 x 0.62 in (19.63 x 13.08 x 1.57 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Wild animal collecting - Argentina, Animals - Argentina
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006043779
- Dewey Decimal Code 590.73
Media reviews
"No one can be funnier than Mr. Durrell in relating his own adventures or the antics of the claw and paw set." —The Christian Science Monitor
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