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Menagerie Manor
Menagerie Manor is Gerald Durrell's account of how he set up his zoo in Jersey. Surrounded by a team of devoted helpers, this is a tale of teamwork and devotion to the cause. Besides the human dramas, Durrell reveals a host of fascinating practical details about animal health and behaviour, as well as stories of the individual animals themselves. This is an extremely enter...more
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I’ve always known about the existence of Gerald Durrell and had the impression that there was much to recommend him, but never got around to reading one of his books. A lifelong animal freak, this book is about the zoo he set up on the grounds of an old manor house (Jersey Zoological Park) in the Channel Islands, with the help of his wife, his mum, his staff and many very tolerant neighbours.
While by no means a work that puts any strain on the old brain cells, the book is nonetheless...more
While by no means a work that puts any strain on the old brain cells, the book is nonetheless...more
It was a funny book -- quite a lot like Durrell's My Family and other Animals -- except this one was written when Durrell was married and possibly in his 50s. It provided an account of setting up of the Jersey Zoological Park in the UK and more specifically, how he acquired various animals and got them used to the life in a zoo. Many animals were apes and primates and expressive but many were also reptiles so unsocial. He mentioned that he had a particular liking for snakes and reptiles -- creat...more
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It has been years since I've read anything by Durrell, and this book has brought back the enjoyment I had when I was a teenager and reading such gems as Birds, Beasts, and Relatives - which sadly I have lost from my shelves.
In Menagerie Manor, Durrell recounts the efforts, good times, and bad times, experienced while setting up his Zoo in Jersey. The tale of the escaped tapir amused me considerably - as it is an event that I could picture my family being involved in. The plight of the...more
In Menagerie Manor, Durrell recounts the efforts, good times, and bad times, experienced while setting up his Zoo in Jersey. The tale of the escaped tapir amused me considerably - as it is an event that I could picture my family being involved in. The plight of the...more
This is one of those books that can't be read in a quite place.
Advice for those who want to read this in the future -don't read it if you're in a library. Don't read it at one a.m when you're supposed to be in bed. Don't read it in the computer lab during class.
Cause if you burst out in laugh blame it on the writer. It happened to me a few times XD
This book tells the story if you have a zoo what are your duties and more important how can u manage to survive being not to became...more
Advice for those who want to read this in the future -don't read it if you're in a library. Don't read it at one a.m when you're supposed to be in bed. Don't read it in the computer lab during class.
Cause if you burst out in laugh blame it on the writer. It happened to me a few times XD
This book tells the story if you have a zoo what are your duties and more important how can u manage to survive being not to became...more
More of Durrell’s tales about animals, this time centered around the zoo in Jersey. Acquiring and caring for animals gives more charming, informative and sometimes strikingly funny episodes. Durrell’s prose style is as usual chronologically vague, with little structure --- the book is really just a series of vignettes. Durrell’s fatuous personality comes through again, but not so much, and his trials and errors with the care of animals are understandable, considering his position as a pioneer...more
This is an account of how Gerald opened up what became the Durrell Trust, a leading zoo which focused on endangered animals close to becoming extinct. However, that was not necessarily true with the animals that originated the zoo. Many were not endangered, but all seemed to have had fascinating personalities! As usual, Gerald was unable to write anything but a hilarious book, even if there was a purpose to this book. He needed funds to keep the zoo going and this was the only way he had of rais...more
Lent to me by the friend who first told me about this author, who knew he wanted to have his own zoo from the time he was 6 years old (Durrell, not my friend!). Written with charm, humor, and an obvious love and mania for animals.
When I was a kid I read this book over and over again. It had a pale blue cover with line drawings of some of the animals in the book. I loved it no end.
Enough good things can't be said about Gerald Durrell and his amazing (true) animal stories. Touching, clever, interesting, very witty and thoroughly compelling. I have seven of his books already, and my collection is steadily growing.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
I loved the view of how a zoo is run. Gerald Durrell tells a great story. (It's no wonder his bother is one of my favorite authors.) Mom and Dad both read this book as well. It's in the pile to bring back. I think that you might enjoy it.
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A memoir about Durrell realizing his dream of owning a zoo. The stories are short, sweet and entertaining.
This book is for you if you love animals and their eccentricities!
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Gerald Durrell was born in India in 1925. His family settled on Corfu when Durrell was a boy and he spent his time studying its wildlife. 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. In his books he writes with wry humour and great perception about both the humans and the animals ...more
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