The whispering land

This is the story of how Durrell and his wife s zoo-building efforts at England s Jersey Zoo led them and a team of helpers on an eight- month safari in Argentina to look for South American specimens. Through windswept Patagonian shores and tropical forests in Argentina, from ocelots to penguins, fu...

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Main Author: Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Books, 2006.
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