Gerald Durrell by Douglas Botting
The authorised biography of the great naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died aged 70 in January 1995 in Jersey, where he founded the zoo hed dreamed of as a small boy and pioneered the captive breeding of animals for conservation.Douglas Botting’s biography of GAVIN MAXWELL was hugely praised and is still in print as a HarperCollins paperback. His previous books reflect his interest in travel, exploration and wild places. He was an exploration film-maker for the BBC’s ‘World About Us’ and became a full-time writer with the publication of his highly praised biography of the German explorer-naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, Humboldt and the Cosmos.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780002556606 |
| ISBN 10 | 000255660X |
| Title | Gerald Durrell |
| Author | Douglas Botting |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1999-03-15 |
| Number of pages | 672 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for BP Natural World Book Prize 1999 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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