Author gerald durrell promises that despite being embellished here and there, nearly all the adventures in this book really happened. He immediately became fascinated by the islands natural history and spent much of his time studying the local wildlife and keeping numerous, and often unusual, pets. This ebook features an illustrated biography of gerald durrell including rare photos from the authors estate. He relates these experiences in the trilogy beginning with my family and other animals, and continuing with birds, beasts and relatives and the garden of the gods. My family and other animals gerald durrell read online. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, career, and achievements. Gerald durrell was a british author, naturalist and broadcaster, bestknown for the autobiographical my family and other animals.
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