Menagerie Manor

Menagerie Manor is sure to delight fans of Durrell's beloved classic My Family and Other Animals, which was the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece PBS, and other accounts of his lifelong fascination with members of the animal kingdom.

With his unfailing charm, Durrell tells the story of how he finally fulfilled his childhood dream of founding his own private zoo, the Manor of Les Augres, on the English Channel island of Jersey. With the help of an enduring wife, a selfless staff, and a reluctant bank manager, the zoo grows, and readers are treated to a colorful parade of the zoo's unusual animal inhabitants.

Author: Gerald Durrell
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 02/01/2007
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 7.68h x 5.10w x 0.52d
ISBN13: 9780143038535
ISBN10: 0143038532
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Animals | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues

About the Author
Gerald Durrell was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. A student of zoology, he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust on the Channel Island of Jersey. He wrote many books about his life as an animal collector and enthusiast, the most famous being My Family and Other Animals, which was the inspiration for the Masterpiece PBS series The Durrells in Corfu. He passed away in 1995.