Birds, beasts, and relatives
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New York, Viking Press, [1969].
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248 pages 23 cm.
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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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Autobiographical.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Durrell, G. (1969). Birds, beasts, and relatives. New York, Viking Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995. 1969. Birds, Beasts, and Relatives. New York, Viking Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995, Birds, Beasts, and Relatives. New York, Viking Press, 1969.

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Durrell, Gerald. Birds, Beasts, and Relatives. New York, Viking Press, 1969.

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