Birds, beasts, and relatives
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The follow-up to My Family and Other Animals and the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu: A naturalist's memoir of his family's time on a Greek island. In the years before World War II, Gerald Durrell's family left the gloomy shores of England for the sun-drenched island of Corfu. Against this picturesque backdrop, Durrell fondly recalls his family's disorderly household and outrageous antics, including their interactions with locals of both human and animal varieties. After a boyhood spent studying zoology and acquiring the island's exotic insects, reptiles, birds, mammals, and sea creatures as pets, Durrell's budding naturalism would later bloom into a passion for conservation that would last a lifetime. Filled with clever observations, amusing anecdotes, and childlike wonder, Birds, Beasts and Relatives is half nature guide, half coming-of-age tale, and all charmingly funny memoir. This book features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author's estate.
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Corfu Island (Greece) -- Description and travel
Description and travel
Durrell, Gerald
Durrell, Gerald, -- 1925-1995
Electronic books
Kerkyra (Greece) -- Description and travel
Natural history
Natural history -- Greece -- Corfu Island
Natural history -- Greece -- Kerkyra
Wildlife conservationists
Wildlife conservationists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Zoologists
Zoologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Description and travel
Durrell, Gerald
Durrell, Gerald, -- 1925-1995
Electronic books
Kerkyra (Greece) -- Description and travel
Natural history
Natural history -- Greece -- Corfu Island
Natural history -- Greece -- Kerkyra
Wildlife conservationists
Wildlife conservationists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Zoologists
Zoologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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9781504041669
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Electronic books
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Natural history -- Greece -- Kerkyra
Wildlife conservationists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Zoologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Durrell, Gerald, -- 1925-1995
Electronic books
Kerkyra (Greece) -- Description and travel
Natural history -- Greece -- Corfu Island
Natural history -- Greece -- Kerkyra
Wildlife conservationists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Zoologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Birds, beasts, and relatives
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Birds, beasts, and relatives / Gerald Durrell
Birds, beasts, and relatives [by] Gerald Durrell
Birds, beasts, and relatives / Gerald Durrell
Birds, beasts, and relatives [by] Gerald Durrell
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Zoologists
Durrell, Gerald
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Zoologists
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