Three Singles to Adventure by Gerald Durrell

Three Singles to Adventure by Gerald Durrell

‘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.

"'You can't deny that there are some species that now exist because of him' Craig Bennett, Friends of the Earth 'A renegade who was right..He was truly a man before his time' Sir David Attenborough"

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.

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ISBN 13	9781840247183
ISBN 10	1840247185
Title	Three Singles to Adventure
Author	Gerald Durrell
Series	Revival
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Octopus Publishing Group
Year published	2009-01-05
Number of pages	160
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