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Title	:	A Zoo in My Luggage
Author	:	Gerald Durrell
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 198 pages
Published	:	June 28th 2005 by Penguin Books (first published 1962)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Animals. Travel. Biography. Autobiography. Memoir. Humor. Environment. Nature

A Zoo in My Luggage

Gerald Durrell

Paperback | Pages: 198 pages

Rating: 4.12 | 4211 Users | 153 Reviews

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Fans of Gerald Durrell’s timeless classic My Family and Other Animals will love this hilarious tale, which finds him as an adult still charmed by his beloved animals. A Zoo in My Luggage begins with an account of Durrell’s third trip to the British Cameroons in West Africa, during which he and his wife capture animals to start their own zoo. Returning to England with a few additions to their family—Cholmondeley the chimpanzee, Bug-eye the bush baby, and others—they have nowhere to put them as they haven’t yet secured a place for their zoo. Durrell’s account of how he manages his menagerie in all sorts of places throughout England while finding a permanent home for the animals provides as much adventure as capturing them. For animal lovers of all ages, A Zoo in My Luggage is the romping true story of the boy who grew up to make a Noah’s Ark of his own.

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Original Title:	A Zoo in My Luggage
ISBN:	014303524X (ISBN13: 9780143035244)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Cameroon

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This book was much more difficult to read than My Family and Other Animals, and I'll tell you why in a minute. But first, the good stuff: Durrell knows how to set up a yarn, especially a funny one. Even though I was expecting them, there were a few moments when I laughed out loud. Once, I was caught totally off guard by a funny line, and, since I unfortunately had just taken a sip of cider, literally choked and spit it everywhere while laughing. The stories in this book are funny, and the love

This is an autobiographical account of how Gerald Durrell (an already much experienced animal rustler) assembled his own private collection of exotic animals which, in due course and against considerable odds, became the backbone of his zoo on the island of Jersey (now the Durrell Wildlife Park).I would not normally want to read about wild animals in a zoo, but this is the story of a passionate animal lover who is committed to doing what it takes to save at least some of the species that

I was excited to begin this read of Gerald Durrell, founder of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, an incredible Non-Profit Organization. However, I was pretty shocked at how Durrell's writing, in this particular book, stereotyped the Africans that he encountered (to put it mildly!) Today, conservationists typically don't think it's a great idea to roam the countryside, stealing rare baby animals from their mothers, to put into cages and bring back to the collector's homeland with little

I like to read about animals and had seen the tv series "The Durrells of Cofu on PBS. I wanted to read one of Gerald Durrell's memoirs. I would give this a 3.5. He writes about traveling to Africa to collect animals of all kinds to start up a zoo. he uses a sense of humor to write about what he went through with his team to catch these animals of all kinds to start up his zoo. This is pretty good for the most part. kind of drags in parts but still fun to read of this man's love of all animals

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It seems to me that the stresses of writing a book and creating a new zoo with little or no planning did in fact make Durrell callous towards animals. I don't like the term "anthropomorphizing", especially coming from a reputed animal lover. It has the British taint of defining empathy out of existence. It sounds as if someone is suggesting we should treat animals as equals. This may explain why Durrell is shocked by a "weird woman" who asks him if chimpanzees have souls. Another word he uses

"The true and hilarious story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife set up their own zoo."Journeying to the Cameroons he and his wife, helped by the renowned Fon of Bafut, managed to collect 'plenty beef.' Their difficulties began when they found themselves back home, with Cholmondely (Chumley Sinjin) the chimpanzee, Bug-eye the bush-baby, and other founder-members ... and nowhere to put them."~~back coverImho that's a rather misleading synopsis of this book; most of it is devoted to tales of the