{"product_id":"a-zoo-in-my-luggage-1","title":"A Zoo in My Luggage","description":"\u003cp\u003e'For many years I had wanted to start a zoo . . . any reasonable person smitten with an ambition of this sort would have secured the zoo first and obtained the animals afterwards. but throughout my life I have rarely if ever achieved what I wanted by tackling it in a logical fashion.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Zoo in My Luggage\u003c\/i\u003e is Gerald Durrell's account of his attempt to set up his own zoo, after years spent gathering animals for other zoos. Journeying to Cameroon, he and his wife collected numerous mammals, birds and reptiles, including Cholmondely the chimpanzee and Bug-eye the bush-baby.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But their problems really began when they attempted to return with their exotic menagerie. Not only had they to get them safely home to Britain but they also had to find somewhere able and - most of all - \u003ci\u003ewilling\u003c\/i\u003e to house them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Told with wit and a zest for all things furry and feathered, Gerald Durrell's \u003ci\u003eA Zoo in My Luggage\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant account of how a pioneer of wildlife preservation came to found a new type of zoo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780241955826\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Durrell, Gerald","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.00","offer_id":48012289966257,"sku":"SB-0241955823-C4","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0241955823.jpg?v=1791508039","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-zoo-in-my-luggage-1","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}