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Description edit
Gerald Durrell's tales of his travels in South America, on a quest to collect animal specimens that have never been in captivity before.
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Characters/People edit
- Gerald Durrell: A Naturalist who travels to South America to collect animal specimens.
First Sentence edit
In a tiny bar in the back streets of Georgetown four of us sat round a table, sipping rum and ginger beer and pondering a problem.
Table of Contents edit
i) Acknowledgements
ii) A world in advance
iii) Prelude
1. Snakes and Sakiwinkis
2. Red Howlers and Rats
3. The Monstrous Animal and Sloth Songs
5.After the Anteater
6. Capybara and Cayman
7. Crab Dogs and the Carpenter Birds
8. The Toad with the Pockets
9. Pimpla Hog and Tank'e God.
iv) Finale
v) Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Gerald Durrell (Author)
- Ralph Thompson (Illustrator)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 590
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