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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Publication date
April 1, 1987
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780571053711
ISBN-10
0571053718
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.35 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$14.95
§As reported by publisher
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The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium | Corfu Trilogy | The Bafut Beagles | The Drunken Forest | The Whispering Land | Fauna and Family | Menagerie Manor | A Zoo In My Luggage | Marrying Off Mother
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Relates the author's experiences and adventures during a 6-month expedition in West Africa to collect specimens for his zoo
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description: Gerald Durrell, director and owner of Jersey Zoo, was internationally famous for his amusing books about collecting wild animals, in particular My Family and Other Animals. But 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).
Editions
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Faber & Faber (April 1, 1987)
9780571053711 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Relates the author's experiences and adventures during a 6-month expedition in West Africa to collect specimens for his zoo
About: Relates the author's experiences and adventures during a 6-month expedition in West Africa to collect specimens for his zoo
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Nigel Davenport (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Chivers Audio Books (November 1, 1998)
9780754002093 | details & prices | 7.00 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $69.95
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