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Gerald Durrell: The Authorized Biography (Paperback)

by Douglas Botting (Author)
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  • Paperback: 672 pages
  • Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishing; illustrated edition edition (23 Aug 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0786707968
  • ISBN-13: 978-0786707966
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.4 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,142,055 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Written with complete access to the Durrell family archives and Gerald Durrell's private papers, this affecting biography follows its subject from an eccentric boyhood in Imperial India to the international prominence he gained in print and on television as one of the world's foremost animal conservationists. The younger brother of the famous novelist Lawrence Durrell, Gerald always viewed his own writing - which includes thirty-seven bestsellers, among them enduringly popular classics like My Family and Other Animals and A Zoo in My Luggage - as the means of financing his greatest passion: breeding animals in danger of extinction and returning them to the wild. In the 1980s, with the production of a dozen different television documentary series on zoology, most notably the widely acclaimed Catch Me a Colobus and Ark on the Move, Durrell's conservationist vision reached audiences around the globe, while the zoo he founded on the island of Jersey realized his pioneering mission to breed endangered species in captivity. It stands as a living legacy of the much-admired Gerald Durrell, who died in 1995 at the age of seventy. "Captivating and deeply moving but surprisingly candid biography. " - Publishers Weekly (starred review); "Ambitious...Rich material for a biography. " - New York Times Book Review; "Affectionate yet clear-eyed portrait...Botting does an excellent job of giving us Durrell the man, not merely the legend. " - Toronto Globe & Mail; "Few current biographies read as well. " - Denver Post.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Extraodinary Man Captured in the Wild, 3 Sep 2000
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I am very surprised that I am the first person to review this book, as it should be the first port of call for any Durrell fan ,of which there are millions around the world. Gerald Durrell was an extraordinarily gifted person - not without his faults - but certainly a visionary. Douglas Botting has depicted him with great skill, humour and sympathy. Although the book is very long - 600 pages, every moment is a delight to a Durrell fan. New pictures of his early life in Corfu emerge, as do humourous moments from the early days of Jersey Zoo. Best of all, the author, who clearly has a deep empathy with his subject, gives Durrell's many readers an extraordinary insight into his warm and fascinating character.
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