
The Overloaded Ark
Gerald Durrell(Author)
Faber & Faber (Publisher)
Published on 9. April 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-571-20933-0 (ISBN)
Description
Gerald Durrell, director and owner of Jersey Zoo, was internationally famous for his amusing books about collecting wild animals. The Overloaded Ark, his first, remains his funniest book. It describes an expedition to the remote territory of the Cameroons in West Africa, before independence.
'A delightful book . . . You can feel his bush-shirt sticking to his back . . . Bagging a monitor, smoking out a Pangolin (scaly anteater), celebrating the capture of the rare Angwantibo (small lemur), bird liming for Giant Kingfishers on the warm, milky waters of Lake Soden: he communicates every detail of his experiences with just the right degree of zest.' New Statesman
'A delightful book . . . You can feel his bush-shirt sticking to his back . . . Bagging a monitor, smoking out a Pangolin (scaly anteater), celebrating the capture of the rare Angwantibo (small lemur), bird liming for Giant Kingfishers on the warm, milky waters of Lake Soden: he communicates every detail of his experiences with just the right degree of zest.' New Statesman
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Series
Edition
FF Classics
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 176 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
171 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-20933-0 (9780571209330)
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