Three Singles to Adventure (New Windmills) [Paperback]

Gerald Durrell (Author), Ralph Thompson (Illustrator)

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Book Description

Series: New Windmills | Publication Date: November 5, 1962

'Three singles to Adventure, please,' I said, trying to look as nonchalant as possible. 'Yes, sir,' said the clerk. 'First or second class?' In 1950, Gerald Durrell travelled to British Guiana (now called Guyana) to bring back fauna native to that corner of South America. He takes a riverboat up the Essequibo through lush tropical forests and treks across a landscape teeming with life and a riot of colours: from the crimson-breasted military starlings to the copper-toned howler monkeys. He gets into a sticky situation with an angry two-toed sloth and learns how (or how not) to lasso a galloping anteater. There is one thing to be said for collecting animals: it can never be described as dull.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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"'You can't deny that there are some species that now exist because of him' Craig Bennett, Friends of the Earth 'A renegade who was right...He was truly a man before his time' Sir David Attenborough" --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Gerald Durrell lived in Corfu with his family as a boy and immediately became fascinated by the island's natural history; these years are famously documented in My Family and Other Animals. His lifetime's work began with expeditions to collect endangered animals from all over the world and bring them to his breeding sanctuary. This evolved into the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, which operates conservation programmes worldwide, carrying on Gerald Durrell's mission to save species from extinction. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers (November 5, 1962)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0435120646
ISBN-13: 978-0435120641
Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,230,885 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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