Gerald Durrell

by Douglas Botting

Biography of the world-famous naturalist, popular author & zookeeper who wrote, in all, some 37 books. He paved the way in print for the popular presentation of the natural world on television & presented 12 series himself the early ones, of his own expeditions. This a biography of Gerald Durrell, world-famous naturalist and popular author who wrote, in all, some 37 books. Above all, he paved the way in print for the popular presentation of the natural world on television and presented 12 series himself the early ones, of his own expeditions.

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