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| Menagerie Manor | 
| Author: Gerald Durrell
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
List Price: $13.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 93904
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0143038532
Dewey Decimal Number: 590.7342341
EAN: 9780143038535
ASIN: 0143038532
Publication Date: January 30, 2007
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Product Description
Menagerie Manor is sure to delight fans of Durrells beloved classic My Family and Other Animals 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 zoos unusual animal inhabitants.
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Very good book July 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't have anything interesting to add so will be brief. What occurred to me when reading this book was simply that it would be a good guide for students who are trying to improve their writing. Durrell knows how to engage his reader: his prose is involving and informed and in no way stilted. It's a marvelous, highly appealing style that conveys very important--and at the same time entertaining--subject matter.
A zoo with a difference July 27, 2005
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Unlike most other Durrel books which speak of his expeditions to study and work with animals, this one talks of him setting up his own zoo in the Channel island of Jersey. This book overturns a stereotype of the zoo as a humourless place with unhappy animals in poor conditions, at least for Durrell's zoo.
Much of the book deals with the characters he has become fond of - the "celebrity" animals in the zoo and the laughter and tears they have caused. It also speaks of the relationship between the zoo and the Jersey community - the initial reluctance followed by an outpouring of support. It also details many incidents that have occurred in the zoo, whether hilarious or touching.
A great read for all who love animals, as the author's attachment to them is felt in every page - as well as a testimony to what zoos can be within the scientific/community/ecological and environmental scale of things.
A great read! February 18, 1999
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is a great book for all those who have a special place in their hearts for animals. Gerald Durrell takes us through his experiences in setting up a zoo in Jersey. It is a marvelous book full of humor. It sends out a message about saving wildlife. So, even if you are not the one to start a zoo, this book is a must read for you!
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