Three singles to Adventure ([Ulverscroft large print series. non-fiction]) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0854561900 ISBN 13: 9780854561902

Publisher: F.A. THORPE

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.

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Review

`A renegade who was right... He was truly a man before his time' -- Sir David Attenborough

`You can't deny that there are some species that now exist because of him'
-- Craig Bennett, Friends of the Earth

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: F.A. THORPE
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0854561900
• ISBN 13: 9780854561902
• Binding: Hardcover